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Regulatory Escalation in Pharma Sector: China Imposes First Executive Sanctions in a Cartel Case

Dacheng on 5/27/2025

On May 9, 2025, the Tianjin Municipal Administration for Market Regulation (“Tianjin AMR”) announced administrative penalties against four manufacturers of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (“DSP”) active pharmaceutical...more

China’s First Antitrust Enforcement Case Targeting Individual Liability: Strategic Guidance for Multinational Corporations

Morgan Lewis on 5/8/2025

The Administration for Market Regulation of Shanghai recently finalized penalties totaling RMB 223 million (approx. $31 million) against three pharmaceutical companies for colluding to fix prices and divide markets for...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Summer Surge Foreshadows Enforcement Intrigue

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/1/2024

Despite the summer doldrums, cartel enforcers around the world had several notable enforcement actions and, perhaps more importantly, signaled a busy fall and winter. In the United States, the Department of Justice’s...more

Q3 2024: Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/22/2024

Despite the summer doldrums, cartel enforcers around the world had several notable enforcement actions and, perhaps more importantly, signaled a busy fall and winter. In the United States, the Department of Justice’s...more

DOJ Obtains First Divestitures in a Criminal Antitrust Case

Jones Day on 9/5/2023

The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division ("DOJ") recently resolved a criminal case with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals via deferred prosecution agreements ("DPAs"), which include a novel remedy for...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel - Q1 2022

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/10/2022

Since the last edition of the QCC, there has been a series of dramatic developments in the criminal antitrust enforcement space in the U.S. from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Division)....more

2020 Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law

Smart & Biggar on 1/5/2021

In 2020, Rx IP Update reported on a number of developments in Canadian life sciences IP and regulatory law. We review top developments below: Table of Contents 1. COVID-19: CIPO, Federal Courts, Health Canada 2. PMPRB:...more

Teva Pharma Charged with Antitrust Conspiracy in Generic Pharmaceuticals Industry

The Volkov Law Group on 9/1/2020

Teva, the global pharmaceutical giant, was indicted last week as part of DOJ’s expanding criminal conspiracy investigation focused on illegal price-fixing and customer allocations....more

DOJ Criminal Generic Pharma Price-Fixing Investigation Gathers Steam: Taro Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay DOJ Total of $419 Million

The Volkov Law Group on 7/29/2020

The DOJ Antitrust Division’s multi-year criminal cartel investigation of the generic pharmaceutical industry is gaining steam. The latest company to settle is Taro Pharmaceuticals which agreed to enter a deferred prosecution...more

U.S. and Brazilian Authorities Reportedly Cooperating in Investigation of Alleged Bribery and Price Fixing Related to Medical...

Hogan Lovells on 5/21/2019

In a May 17, 2019 press report that has been widely distributed in Brazil and the United States, Brazilian Federal Prosecutor Marisa Ferrari confirmed that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Department...more

“A Prescription for Competition”: DOJ Antitrust Division Affirms Its Enforcement Focus on the Healthcare Industry

K&L Gates LLP on 5/25/2018

The healthcare industry remains a “high enforcement priority” for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission, according to statements last week by a senior official in the DOJ’s Antitrust Division. ...more

The World in US Courts: Orrick's Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law to Global Business and Cross-Border Activities

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 11/25/2016

Alien Tort Statute (ATS)/Torture Victims Protection Act (TVPA)/Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) - District Court Dismisses ATS Claim Where Alleged Conduct in US Was Not Directly Linked to Injuries Claimed in Other Countries - ...more

Alert: Top 10 Antitrust Developments and Trends to Watch in 2016

Cooley LLP on 1/12/2016

Attention in the US during 2016 will be on the presidential campaign, and the election in November will bring a change in the "antitrust guard" at the top of the DOJ and FTC – even if a Democrat wins – that will drive the...more

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