generic drugs
Conspiracy theories tagged "generic drugs."
3 articles
Mixed
Big Pharma Suppression
The theory that pharmaceutical corporations suppress effective, affordable treatments to protect profitable drugs. Confirmed cases and unproven claims examined.
1950s · United States · Arthur Sackler, Martin Shkreli, Marcia Angell
Confirmed
Pharmaceutical Patent Evergreening
Pharmaceutical companies routinely file trivial modifications to existing drug patents to extend monopoly pricing by decades, blocking cheaper generics — a confirmed, legal but widely criticized practice.
1980 · United States · Pharmaceutical companies, FDA, Patent office
Confirmed
Pay-to-Delay / Reverse Payment Settlement Conspiracy
Brand-name drug companies pay generic manufacturers to delay market entry, confirmed by the FTC as anticompetitive. The Supreme Court ruled in FTC v. Actavis (2013) that these deals can violate antitrust law.
1990 · United States · FTC, Pharmaceutical companies, Generic manufacturers