Top U.S. court to decide on deals to delay cheaper drugs

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Top U.S. court to decide on deals to delay cheaper drugs

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-decide-deals-delay-cheaper-drugs-050210746--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NrrWN_lXzAxYxZH8AFuRKA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-22T231057Z_2_CBRE92L0E0300_RTROPTP_2_USA-COURT-HUMAN-RIGHTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People line up for admission at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington" align="left" title="People line up for admission at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over whether big drug companies can settle patent litigation with generic rivals by making deals to keep cheaper products off the market. U.S. and state regulators say the practice costs consumers, insurers and government billions of dollars annually. The Federal Trade Commission, which has dubbed the arrangements &quot;pay for delay,&quot; has fought them in court for more than a decade with mixed success, culminating in the case now before the Supreme Court. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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