Jazz Agrees To Fork Out $145m To Resolve Most Xyrem ‘Pay-For-Delay’ Claims

Trial Set To Begin 19 May Involving Settling ANDA Sponsor Hikma

Jazz has agreed a nine figure settlement agreement in the US with purchasers of its Xyrem blockbuster following claims that it illegally delayed generic competition to the blockbuster treatment for narcolepsy via patent-litigation settlement agreements with several ANDA sponsors.

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Previously facing the prospect of a jury trial beginning next month, Jazz Pharmaceuticals has agreed in principle to pay $145m to resolve certain allegations that its US patent-litigation settlement agreements with generics manufacturers for Xyrem (sodium oxybate) violated antitrust, consumer protection and unfair competition laws.

Following complaints lodged against Jazz from direct and indirect purchasers of Xyrem filed beginning in June 2020 – and stretching into May 2022 – the group of cases had been...

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