The UK OFT issues statement of objections to four pharma companies alleging they acted to delay effective competition in the national supply of antidepressant medicine (GSK / GUK / Alpharma / IVAX)

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UK OFT, OFT issues statement of objections to certain pharmaceutical companies, Press release 36/13, 19 April 2013

To fight or not to fight: pharmaceutical patent settlements* On 19 April 2013, the OFT announced [1] that it had issued a Statement of Objections following its investigation into patent litigation settlement agreements (PLSAs) in the pharmaceutical sector. The underlying factual complaint related to GlaxoSmithKline’s alleged conduct in defence of one of its blockbuster drugs, Seroxat, which is a prominent anti-depressant (paroxetine). The central allegation is that GSK concluded PLSAs with three generics companies – Alpharma Limited (Alpharma), Generics (UK) Limited (GUK) and Norton Healthcare Limited (IVAX) – which had sought to compete with their own paroxetine medicines. It is alleged that at particular points between 2001 and 2004, GSK sought to challenge its competitors’ entry into

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Ravi S. Mehta, The UK OFT issues statement of objections to four pharma companies alleging they acted to delay effective competition in the national supply of antidepressant medicine (GSK / GUK / Alpharma / IVAX), 19 April 2013, e-Competitions Pay-for-delay agreements, Art. N° 57316

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