The logo of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is seen in Tel Aviv, Israel February 19, 2019.
REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 21 (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA.TA) will pay $225 million and divest its copycat version of a cholesterol drug as part of its settlement of price-fixing charges, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday.
Glenmark will also pay a penalty of $30 million to resolve similar charges, the DOJ said.
Teva and Glenmark will have to divest their respective versions of a generic cholesterol drug, pravastatin, that was a core part of the companies' price-fixing conspiracy, the DOJ said.
As part of the deals with the DOJ, Glenmark and Teva both admitted to participating in fixing the price of pravastatin.
Persons:
Amir Cohen, Teva, Glenmark, Pratik Jain, Shailesh
Organizations:
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, REUTERS, Teva Pharmaceutical, U.S . Department of Justice, Prosecutors, Pharmaceuticals, DOJ, Thomson
Locations:
Tel Aviv, Israel, Bengaluru