Purdue Pharma has agreed to pay $62 million to resolve a lawsuit claiming that its flagship painkiller, OxyContin, infringed patents held by rival opioid manufacturer Assertio Therapeutics Inc.
Headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, Assertio ”“ which up until two weeks ago was known as Depomed Inc. ”“ filed its patent infringement lawsuit in 2013 in federal court in Trenton, New Jersey. The suit alleged infringement by Stamford-based Purdue of certain patents in relation to Purdue”™s commercialization of OxyContin.
Under the terms of the agreement, Purdue paid Assertio $30 million in cash on Aug. 28 and will pay another $32 million on Feb. 1, 2019. The agreement resolves all pending claims between the two parties.
“This infusion of cash, coupled with the $20 million we recently received from our royalty sale to PDL BioPharma, further strengthens our balance sheet and improves our financial flexibility as we continue to transform the company,” remarked Assertio President and CEO Arthur Higgins.
Why so much cash thrown around *bandaging* their own wounds.
Finish the Canadian Class Action Lawsuit which Purdue Pharmaceutical Company pled guilty to Deceptive Marketing Strategies and then Changed the Entire TRUTH
Right before the Settlement came through.
Then they proceeded to DELAY To this day*
Nothing new under the sun!
Competing for who can kill most is amazing.If both of these companies imploded the world would be a better place.