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Teva 'Pay-For-Delay Case Will Keep Courts Busy For Years'

 
• By Kevin Grogan

Once again the European Commission has the marketing practices of the pharmaceutical industry in its sights, with Teva the latest company in the spotlight for an alleged 'pay-for-delay' agreement over the sleep disorder drug modafinil.

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Teva probe will be deep and lengthy • Source: Shutterstock

The marketing activities of drug companies are in the headlines again as European regulators have accused Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. of breaching antitrust rules over its sleep disorder therapy but it will be years before any judgment will be made.

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