Criminal offences arising from possession, trafficking and production of drugs such as marihuana, cocaine, heroin, ketamine, methamphetamine, oxycodone and oxycontin are handed by the federal prosecution service, and are prosecuted very aggressively. (criminal-defence-lawyer.com)
The company couldn't say whether its drug price increases have typically occurred before or after a generic version launches, but said that once a generic is available, it would expect to lose so much market share that it «needs to increase the price to keep production of the drug viable.» (fortune.com)
In the summer of 2009, Hospira had to suspend production of the drug. (scientificamerican.com)