{"id":24332,"date":"2026-04-30T13:15:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abante.de\/abante-obtains-dismissal-of-action-for-damages-due-to-delivery-shortfalls-in-tendered-pharmaceutical-discount-contracts\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:48:17","slug":"abante-obtains-dismissal-of-action-for-damages-due-to-delivery-shortfalls-in-tendered-pharmaceutical-discount-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/abante-obtains-dismissal-of-action-for-damages-due-to-delivery-shortfalls-in-tendered-pharmaceutical-discount-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"abante obtains dis\u00admissal of action for dam\u00adages due to deliv\u00adery short\u00adfalls in ten\u00addered phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal dis\u00adcount con\u00adtracts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Munich rul\u00ading forms impor\u00adtant land\u00admark deci\u00adsion in favor of the phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal indus\u00adtry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Berlin, April 30, 2026. abante, the largest Ger\u00adman law firm spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in pub\u00adlic pro\u00adcure\u00adment law, suc\u00adceed\u00aded this week in obtain\u00ading the dis\u00admissal of an exten\u00adsive claim for dam\u00adages brought by a statu\u00adto\u00adry health insur\u00adance fund before the Munich Social Court in favour of a phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal com\u00adpa\u00adny, which con\u00adcerned sup\u00adply short\u00adfalls in a ten\u00addered phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal dis\u00adcount con\u00adtract. This deci\u00adsion is the first ever rul\u00ading on this top\u00adic in eight years and can be seen as a lead\u00ading deci\u00adsion for numer\u00adous com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble legal dis\u00adputes. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal dis\u00adcount con\u00adtracts put out to ten\u00adder in Europe-wide ten\u00adder\u00ading pro\u00adce\u00addures usu\u00adal\u00adly include the oblig\u00ada\u00adtion of the phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal com\u00adpa\u00adny to sup\u00adply the phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcals cov\u00adered by the con\u00adtract to whole\u00adsalers and phar\u00adma\u00adcies. If a deliv\u00adery fail\u00adure occurs dur\u00ading the term of the con\u00adtract, health insur\u00adance funds reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly assert claims for dam\u00adages against the phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal com\u00adpa\u00adny in addi\u00adtion to con\u00adtrac\u00adtu\u00adal penal\u00adties. Whether such claims for dam\u00adages can be sub\u00adstan\u00adti\u00adat\u00aded in terms of rea\u00adson and amount has been dis\u00adput\u00aded for many years, as have numer\u00adous relat\u00aded ques\u00adtions regard\u00ading the type of basis for the claim, the require\u00adments for con\u00adcrete evi\u00addence and the cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adtion of such claims for dam\u00adages. <\/p>\n\n

With the excep\u00adtion of a sin\u00adgle social court deci\u00adsion from 2018, which has not yet become final and bind\u00ading and which dis\u00admissed such a claim for dam\u00adages by a health insur\u00adance com\u00adpa\u00adny, there is no case law or leg\u00adisla\u00adtive clar\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion on this top\u00adic, which is of great eco\u00adnom\u00adic impor\u00adtance to the phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal indus\u00adtry. The cur\u00adrent rul\u00ading by the Munich Social Court on April 28, 2026 is there\u00adfore the first court deci\u00adsion in eight years to once again deal with the top\u00adic of \u201cdam\u00adages from dis\u00adcount agree\u00adments\u201d and once again dis\u00admiss a cor\u00adre\u00adspond\u00ading claim. As ten\u00adder\u00ading prac\u00adtices and the word\u00ading of con\u00adtracts for phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal dis\u00adcount agree\u00adments are con\u00adstant\u00adly evolv\u00ading, it has been unclear for many years how courts will rule in the event of a dis\u00adpute. As such dis\u00adputes about sup\u00adply dis\u00adrup\u00adtions only devel\u00adop after a dis\u00adcount con\u00adtract has been award\u00aded, it is not the award\u00ading cham\u00adbers that decide on this, but the social courts respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the legal rela\u00adtion\u00adships between statu\u00adto\u00adry health insur\u00adance funds and ser\u00advice providers. <\/p>\n\n

abante Man\u00adag\u00ading Direc\u00adtor Prof. Dr. Marc Gabriel, who con\u00adduct\u00aded the court pro\u00adceed\u00adings on behalf of the defen\u00addant phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal com\u00adpa\u00adny, com\u00adment\u00aded on the first-instance tri\u00adal suc\u00adcess: \u201cThe recent deci\u00adsion by the Munich Social Court rep\u00adre\u00adsents an impor\u00adtant mile\u00adstone for com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble dam\u00adages dis\u00adputes. This is all the more true as it involved a large num\u00adber of dif\u00adfer\u00adent active ingre\u00addi\u00adents that had been ten\u00addered in the sin\u00adgle and mul\u00adti-part\u00adner mod\u00adel and all the legal issues typ\u00adi\u00adcal of such law\u00adsuits were at issue in these pro\u00adceed\u00adings.\u201d As the judg\u00adment was only hand\u00aded down this week, it can still be appealed to the Bavar\u00adi\u00adan State Social Court. <\/p>\n\n

If you have any ques\u00adtions, please con\u00adtact Prof. Dr. Marc Gabriel (Man\u00adage\u00adment) or Mir\u00adjam Schmidt (Press) at<\/strong> gabriel@abante.de<\/a> and<\/strong> m.schmidt@abante.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Down\u00adload the press release: 2026-04-30 PM abante obtains lead\u00ading deci\u00adsion on dam\u00adages in dis\u00adcount agree\u00adments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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