Pharmacy price-fixing suit
Executive Summary
Supreme Court declines to review appellate ruling in pricing suit, clearing case to go to trial in Chicago federal court in September, unless the parties reach a settlement. So far, 12 of the original manufacturer defendants have settled, with Abbott, Forest, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer and Searle remaining as defendants. The drug wholesalers Bergen Brunswig, Cardinal, McKesson, AmeriSource and Bindley Western are also defendants