Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8153

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Publication type: Journal Article

Landis NT.
Community pharmacy pricing suit dismissed
American Journal of Health System Pharmacy 1999 Jan 15; 56:113

Abstract:

It was announced that community pharmacies’ class-action lawsuit against 4 drug manufacturers and 6 wholesalers was dismissed by a federal district judge. Thousands of community pharmacies nationwide, both chains and independents, sued manufacturers and wholesalers in 1994, charging price-fixing that denied the pharmacies discounts on prescription drugs that are offered to managed care organizations, hospitals, and others.