FTC: Delays in Generic Drugs on the Rise

January 17th, 2007

(AP) -- Drug companies increasingly are reaching legal settlements that delay the introduction of cheaper generic medicines and cheat Americans of billions of dollars a year in savings, federal regulators on Wednesday told lawmakers seeking to ban the agreements.

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