Sun Pharma, Mylan face price fixing charges in US

Suit also filed against Sandoz and Mylan for colluding to hike price of another respiratory drug

A New York grocery workers' union filed a class action suit in a Pennsylvania federal court last week against Sun Pharamceutical Industries in the US for colluding with Mylan for conspiring to raise the price of generic asthma medicine (albuterol sulfate tablets). The same union also filed another suit for similar charges against Mylan and Sandoz for colluding to boost the cost of another generic asthma medicine (Benazepril HCTZ).

The complaint stated that Sun Pharmaceuticals and Mylan had raised their prices for albuterol sulfate over 3,000 per cent between October 2013 and April 2014. Business Standard has reviewed a