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May 13, 2019Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

Missouri joins 40 other states bringing charges against drug manufacturers

Missouri is among more than 40 states joining a
lawsuit alleging that drug manufacturers conspired to artificially inflate and
manipulate prices for more than 100 different generic drugs, including
treatments for diabetes, cancer and other conditions.

The federal lawsuit filed Friday by Democratic Connecticut Attorney General
William Tong also names 15 individual senior executives.

The lawsuit says investigators obtained emails, text messages and telephone
records to prove a multi-year conspiracy against 20 firms.

A spokesman for Teva Pharmaceuticals, one of the companies named in the suit,
said Teva hasn't engaged in any conduct that would lead to civil or criminal
liability.

Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says the alleged price fixing
"demonstrates a level of corporate greed the state of Missouri and the country
rarely sees."