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Company: Barr Pharmaceuticals
Current Parent Company: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
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Penalty: $5,900,000
Year: 2008
Date: February 25, 2008
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Barr Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $5.9 million to settle a multistate lawsuit alleging it accepted a $20 million payment from Warner Chilcott to forgo marketing of a generic version of the contraceptive Ovcon.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Israel
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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