In re: Suboxone Antitrust Litigation

Docket Number19-3640
Decision Date28 July 2020
Reckitt developed Suboxone tablets, a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction. Toward the end of its seven-year period of exclusivity in which other manufacturers could not introduce generic versions, Reckitt developed an under-the-tongue film version of Suboxone, which would enjoy its own exclusivity period. Generic versions of Suboxone tablets would not be rated as equivalent to the name-brand Suboxone film, so state substitution laws would not require pharmacists to substitute...

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    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas
    • 3 Septiembre 2021
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  • Duncan v. Governor of the V.I.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit
    • 31 Agosto 2022
    ... ... 'l Football League Players Concussion Injury Litig. ( In re NFL ), 821 F.3d 410, 427 (3d Cir ... appropriate." In re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litig. , 552 F.3d 305, 322 (3d Cir. 2008) ; ... and members of the class[.]" In re Suboxone (Buprenorphine Hydrochlorine & Naloxone) ... ...
  • Norman v. Trans Union, LLC
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • 14 Agosto 2020
    ... ... parties only." In re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litig. , 552 F.3d 305, 309 n.6 (3d Cir. 2009) ... questions concerning liability." In re Suboxone Antitrust Litig. , 967 F.3d 264, 272 (3d Cir ... ...
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    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit
    • 6 Abril 2021
    ... ... three classes in a multidistrict antitrust case alleging a price-fixing conspiracy ... Antitrust Litig. , 332 F.R.D. 308, 325 (S.D. Cal. 2019). The ... relying on class-wide data." In re Suboxone Antitrust Litig. , 967 F.3d 264, 272 (3d Cir ... ...
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  • Private Antitrust Suits
    • United States
    • ABA Antitrust Library Antitrust Law Developments (Ninth Edition) - Volume I
    • 2 Febrero 2022
    ...v. Merck & Co., 7 F.4th 227 (4th Cir. 2021). 754. See, e.g., In re Suboxone (Buprenorphine Hydrochloride & Naloxone) Antitrust Litig., 967 F.3d 264, 273 (3d Cir. 2020) (despite purportedly “ced[ing] control of the litigation to class counsel,” court found named plaintiff had “the requisite ......
  • ATOMISTIC ANTITRUST.
    • United States
    • William and Mary Law Review Vol. 63 No. 6, May 2022
    • 1 Mayo 2022
    ...patients to use a film formulation of Suboxone instead of a tablet form as the exclusivity period for the tablet form neared its end. 967 F.3d 264, 268 (3d Cir. 2020). After the district court granted plaintiffs' motion for class certification, the manufacturer appealed, arguing in part tha......