AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine has joined with 35 other states in suing Indivior, the maker of Suboxone, a drug widely used to treat opiate addiction. The suit alleges that the company conspired to keep prices artificially high.
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills says the state has been hurt by the higher prices for the drug. “We’ve got a higher demand for treatment than ever before in the history of the state of Maine. And people are crying out for Vivitrol, Suboxone, methadone, whatever works for the individual patient.”
The lawsuit alleges that the company worked to come up with a dissolvable film version of the drug that was only slightly different from the tablet. It then stopped selling the tablet version in the United States, where the patent had run out, and would only sell the more expensive film version, while continuing to sell the tablet in other countries.
