PRA Faces Claims of Stopping Pharma Software Sales to Competitors

June 1, 2021, 7:54 PM UTC

PRA Health Sciences Inc. is facing an antitrust lawsuit from shareholders of an acquired company, with claims that PRA’s post-merger conduct prevented a further payout from the deal.

In 2017, PRA, one of the largest clinical research organizations, acquired Parallel 6, a developer of software to manage clinical trials and enrollment.

Once the acquisition was completed, PRA allegedly withheld sales of Parallel 6 products to PRA’s competitors, the May 28 complaint alleged. The move prevented Parallel 6 from meeting a sales growth target that was tied to a $10 million “contingent consideration” to be paid to its shareholders, according to ...

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