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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Aug. 12, 2006

Judge Tosses Suit Against Drug Firms

SAN JOSE - A federal judge has dismissed a class action filed by California counties alleging that a group of pharmaceutical companies overcharged hospitals and clinics for the drugs they purchased.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN JOSE - A federal judge has dismissed a class action filed by California counties alleging that a group of pharmaceutical companies overcharged hospitals and clinics for the drugs they purchased.
      The plaintiffs, led by Santa Clara County and represented by Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, plan to appeal the Ju...

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