Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

2017

Year Resolved

2018

Court

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Docket Number

3:18-cv-00675

Lead State

AL, AR, CA, DC, DE, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MN, MS, ND, OH, OK, RI, VA, WA, WI

Participating States

AL, AR, CA, DC, DE, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MN, MS, ND, OH, OK, RI, VA, WA, WI

Defendant(s)

Teikoku Seiyaku co. Ltd.; Teikoku Pharma USA, Inc.

Case Description

Plaintiff states alleged that defendant, the producer of Lidoderm (pain medication), paid or incentivized generic drug makers to delay entry into market to protect its monopoly on Lidoderm. (“pay for delay”) The settlement agreement, which expires in twenty years, prohibits Teikoku from entering into agreements that restrict generic drug manufacturers from researching, manufacturing, marketing, or selling products for a period of time and requires Teikoku to cooperate in an ongoing investigation into similarly anticompetitive conduct by other drug manufacturers, among other things.