States Sue Drugmakers Over Alleged Generic Price-Fixing SchemeEnlarge this image Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty ImagesConnecticut Attorney General William Tong has a skin condition called rosacea, and he says he takes the antibiotic doxycycline once a day for it. In 2013, the average market price of doxycycline rose from $20 to $1,829 a year later. The suit is a …
Broome County is considering filing a lawsuit against opioid drugmakers, a move that would make the county one of the first in the nation to try to hold pharmaceutical firms responsible for the costs of addiction. County officials confirmed talks with Manhattan-based attorneys are in progress, as well as the broad outlines of a potential lawsuit. A suit would follow the template of Suffolk County, which in August enlisted Simmons Hanly Conroy, a national law firm that has recovered $5 billion in verdicts and settlements, to sue 15 pharmaceutical companies and individual medical doctors. Simmons Hanly Conroy “envisions commencing …