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Valeant Is Being Sued Under Racketeering Law Over Drug Price Hikes

Two groups sued Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. in a proposed class-action lawsuit Monday, claiming the company’s relationship with specialty mail-order pharmacy Philidor Rx Services was illegal and allowed Valeant to overcharge and wrongly charge for prescription drugs, in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Much of the lawsuit focuses on the …


Valeant Accused in Suit of Secretly Refilling Prescriptions

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. refilled patients’ prescriptions without their permission and steered them to more expensive drugs in order to boost sales and profits, according to a lawsuit that sheds new light on the drug company’s secret operations. T. Rowe Price Group Inc. sued Valeant and its top executives, using information from former employees to back its claims that the …