AWP class action proceeds
Executive Summary
AWP proposed class action will proceed against all defendants except Roche under a Boston federal judge's ruling. Judge Patti Saris declined to dismiss plaintiffs' claims that drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers - who are not defendants in the case - engaged in racketeering with the objective of promoting fraudulent AWPs, and that manufacturers in the Together Rx discount drug card program engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy. The Together Rx allegations were included in an amended class action complaint in July (1"The Pink Sheet" Aug. 18, 2003, p. 11)...