Wholesalers sheltered from pharmacy suits by "sharing agreement" with manufacturers.
Executive Summary
WHOLESALERS ARE SHELTERED FROM PHARMACY PRICE DISCRIMINATION SUITS under a series of agreements with drug manufacturers to cover the upfront legal costs and any settlement fees associated with the multitude of antitrust actions filed by pharmacies since mid-1993. The "judgment sharing agreement" between six wholesalers and 26 pharmaceutical manufacturers is outlined in recently-released financial reports from Bergen Brunswig, AmeriSource and FoxMeyer Health.