Apotex Is Latest To Accuse Amarin Of ‘Freezing Out’ Vascepa Competition

Becomes Fourth Antitrust Suit Alleging Amarin Has ‘Deviated From Industry Practice’

Apotex is the latest generics manufacturer that feels Amarin has engineered a “systematic effort to ensure that no other company could manufacture the generic version of its product,” Vascepa, by locking up API supply, with the Canadian firm taking legal action in a bid to bring the originator’s alleged conduct to a halt.

• Source: Alamy

First Dr Reddy’s, then Hikma, then Teva, now Apotex. The Canadian firm is the latest generics manufacturer to file an antitrust lawsuit against Amarin, accusing the originator of an anticompetitive scheme to “delay, hinder, and frustrate robust generic competition” to its Vascepa (icosapent ethyl) purified fish oil brand by “locking up” the supply of the brand’s active pharmaceutical ingredient.

“For Amarin, it is Vascepa or bust. The company has no other products and no meaningful pipeline behind Vascepa,” Apotex...

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