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Seventh Circuit revives antitrust case against Becton Dickinson

( March 5, 2020, 20:22 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed the dismissal of Marion Healthcare, Marion Diagnostic Center and Andron Medical Associates’ antitrust case against Becton Dickinson and a group of medical product distributors, saying the district court relied heavily on an error of law relating to Illinois Brick. The panel determined that the providers should be allowed to file an amended complaint to allege a proper conspiracy. “Had Becton acted alone, selling its products to an independent distributor, which then sold them to a healthcare provider, no one doubts that the Illinois Brick rule would bar the provider from suing Becton for any alleged monopoly overcharges. But these transactions were more complex,” wrote US Circuit Judge Diane Wood in the opinion....

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