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2 July 2018Americas

AbbVie and Besins to pay FTC $448m in sham litigation case

Pharmaceutical companies AbbVie and Besins Healthcare have been ordered to pay the US Federal Trade Commission ( FTC) $448 million for using “sham litigation” to block access to generic versions of a testosterone drug.

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