Teva State Settlement On Price-Fixing Could Be First Of Many

Strikes $950,000 Deal With Mississippi To Dismiss Price-Fixing Claims

Teva has struck a $950,000 deal to settle US price-fixing litigation with the state of Mississippi, in what the firm anticipates could be the first of multiple settlements with individual US states.

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Teva’s deal with Mississippi could be the first of several • Source: Alamy

Teva has reached a $950,000 settlement with the US state of Mississippi as part of ongoing multi-district generic price-fixing litigation in the US.

A document published by a Pennsylvania district court on 21 June revealed that as a result of the settlement Mississippi...

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