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Thursday, June 03, 2004

Wisconsin AG files suit against drug makers over wholesale pricing
Chris Buell at 2:28 PM ET

Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager filed suit today against 20 drug manufacturers alleging that the companies inflated prices and violated state wholesale pricing laws beginning in 1992. The suit seeks to force the manufactuers, which include Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Bayer Corp., to set up a restitution program for state residents and health programs. Attorneys general in 13 other states have already filed similar pricing suits which are still pending. The Wisconsin Department of Justice offers a press release. AP has more.



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