In the latest development arising from ongoing generic pricing investigations in the US, Taro has admitted to fixing prices, allocating customers and rigging bids for generic medicines, under a conspiracy with multiple firms, including Sandoz.
Taro has agreed to cooperate fully with the DoJ Antitrust Division’s ongoing criminal investigation • Source: Shutterstock
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries’ US subsidiary has become the fifth pharmaceutical company to admit that it conspired to fix the prices of generic medicines, agreeing to pay a $205.7m criminal penalty as part of a three-year deferred prosecution agreement with the US Department of Justice.
The Sun Pharma affiliate – which admitted that its sales affected by the charged conspiracies “exceeded $500m” – is also...
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