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Cipla, Dr Reddy’s, Viatris And Teva Named In US Revlimid Antitrust Suit

ANDA Sponsors ‘Restrained Competition And Maintained Shared Monopoly’

 
• By Dean Rudge

Months after the first generic versions of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s multi-billion-dollar blockbuster Revlimid (lenalidomide) debuted in the US, indirect purchasers of the treatment for multiple myeloma have accused the originator and a raft of settling ANDA sponsors that their deals were anticompetitive.

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Defendant Dr Reddy's says the suit is without merit • Source: Shutterstock (Andriy Popov / Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Stock Photo)

Several major generics manufacturers, including Alvogen, Dr Reddy’s, Cipla, Apotex, Zydus, and Viatris’ Mylan, have been accused of conspiring with Bristol-Myers Squibb to unlawfully delay competition to the originator’s multi-billion-dollar blockbuster Revlimid (lenalidomide) in the US – months after patent-litigation settlement deals kicked in allowing for limited-volume generic launches.

Indirect purchasers of the treatment of multiple myeloma have filed suit against BMS and the abbreviated new drug application sponsors in a New Jersey district court, also naming first movers,

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