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Takeda, Endo Face New Pay-To-Delay Suit

By  |  August 3, 2021

The operator of Kinney Drugs retail chain sued Takeda Pharmaceutical and Endo International over claims that the pharmaceutical manufacturers allegedly engaged in a pay-to-delay scheme to keep generic versions of Takeda’s anti-constipation drug Amitiza off the market.

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KPH Healthcare Services’ antitrust lawsuit, filed Tuesday, August 3, in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, claimed that Japan-based Takeda and its US subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, made “reverse payments” totaling between US$29 and US$280 million to an Endo subsidiary, Par Pharmaceuticals, to keep the generic from being introduced for over six years.

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