COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF J&J IN ANTITRUST SUIT BROUGHT BY APPLIED MEDICAL
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has won a recent antitrust lawsuit by Applied Medical Resources alleging anticompetitive business practices by J&J in connection with trocar and clip applier products.
The case, Applied Medical v. Ethicon Inc. et al., was filed Sept. 5, 2003, and went to trial July 11.
The company is "pleased with the verdict," J&J spokesman Jeff Leebaw said Aug. 30. "Our contracts for hospital products are awarded as an outcome of a competitive bidding process and respond to customer demand for the highest quality products at competitive pricing."
The case is one of three in which J&J and its Ethicon and Ethicon Endo-Surgery subsidiaries have been challenged for their contracts with group purchasing organizations and hospitals. Under these contracts hospitals must achieve specified market share targets to receive discounts for the products in question, according to the firm's 2005 annual report. The two other cases are Conmed v. Johnson & Johnson et al., filed Nov. 6, 2003, and Genico v. Ethicon, Inc. et al., filed Oct. 15, 2004.
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