MANUFACTURER CLASS-OF-TRADE DISCRIMINATION CHARGES SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE, JUDGE DECLARES; EVIDENCE OF MANUFACTURER COLLUSION IS "REASONABLE" IN PRICING SUIT
Executive Summary
Glaxo's and Schering-Plough's dealings with an independent pharmacist over albuterol from 1990-1992 provide evidence of inappropriate refusal of discounts to pharmacies, Chicago federal court Judge Charles Kocoras declared in an April 4 ruling denying summary judgment motions by the 24 pharmaceutical company defendants in the pharmacy pricing antitrust suit.