The generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Monday to pay $225 million to settle price-fixing charges related to sales of a major cholesterol-lowering drug. The U.S. Department of Justice said the agreement also requires Teva to divest its business making and selling the drug, pravastatin, a generic version of the brand-name medicine Pravachol.

Another generic drug maker, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, agreed to pay a $30 million criminal penalty and to divest its pravastatin business as well.

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    2 years ago

    Completely spaced about the Teva pharmaceuticals, was wondering what Teva Sandals were doing making drugs.

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      The word just translates to “nature” in Hebrew. Generic enough word to be used by multiple businesses.