Lawmakers urge DOJ to launch criminal investigation of generic drug makers

Two top lawmakers urged the US Department of Justice to launch a criminal investigation into the nation's generic drug manufacturers to see whether their executives conspired to raise prices at the expense of the American public

Two top lawmakers urged the US Department of Justice on Thursday to launch a criminal investigation into the nation's generic drug manufacturers to see whether their executives conspired to raise prices at the expense of the American public.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, made the request in a letter to Attorney General William Barr and Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim."We urge the Department of Justice to investigate whether generic drug companies and executives violated criminal antitrust laws and ask that the Department of Justice pursue enforcement if warranted," the lawmakers said.

At the time of the filing, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said the suit may be the largest cartel case in the history of the United States. In Thursday's letter to the Department of Justice, Cummings and Sanders urged the agency to"prioritize criminal enforcement of federal antitrust laws against generic drug manufacturers." They asked to be briefed by the agency by June 21.

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