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Glenmark Reaches Eight-Figure Settlement In US Zetia Antitrust Case

Indian Firm Brokers Settlement With One Of Three Plaintiff Classes

 
• By Dean Rudge

A five-year old case on the cusp of trial involving Glenmark, Merck and the originator’s Zetia has produced a settlement dealing defendants out of the claims – for one class of plaintiffs at least.

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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has reached a settlement agreement with one plaintiff class in highly-watched US antitrust litigation centered around the Indian firm’s generic version of Merck & Co’s Zetia (ezetimibe) heart-disease blockbuster.

A myriad of purchasers had brought antitrust claims against the pair, accusing them of striking an anticompetitive deal in 2010 that deprived the market of cheaper generic competition for almost five years, while also allowing for Glenmark to

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