FTC Sues Solvay, Watson, Parr, Paddock for Settlements to Delay Generic AndroGel
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
FTC continues to struggle to find a winning formula in challenges of “reverse payment” cases.
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