C.R. Bard Turns Back Medical-Device Antitrust Lawsuit Appeal

A Florida hospital lost efforts to revive allegations that C.R. Bard Inc. and Bard Access Systems Inc. unlawfully tied catheter sales to another medical device after the Tenth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling Wednesday that dismissed the claims.

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld a 2023 district court decision dismissing the tying claim because the plaintiff lacked standing, but for a different reason.

The district court had held that because plaintiff Parrish Medical Center didn’t buy the tying product it lacked standing to assert a tying claim in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman ...