Former Taro Exec Aprahamian Set To Walk Away From Price-Fixing Charges

Aprahamian Indicted In Feb. 2020 For Alleged Conduct Between 2013 And 2015

The US federal government insisted that it was not against public interest to dismiss an indictment against the former Taro executive Ara Aprahamian, following near four-year-old charges for conspiracy to fix generic prices.

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The US federal government has requested the dismissal of pending criminal charges against former Taro Pharmaceutical executive Ara Aprahamian, who more than three years ago was accused of generic price-fixing and allocation of customers, in the latest development in the US’s sprawling generic price-fixing saga.

“Dismissal of this case is not contrary to manifest public interest, and it will allow the conservation of this court’s time and resources,” US prosecutors stated in their unopposed motion to dismiss the indictment,

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