A federal judge has weeded out claims by Abbott Laboratories that hundreds of distributors and pharmacies are defrauding the pharmaceutical giant in the market for diabetes test strips.

U.S. District Judge Carol Bagley Amon of the Eastern District of New York dismissed racketeering and unjust enrichment claims against some 300 defendants accused of exploiting the difference in price between FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite strips, depending on where they are sold. But she allowed trademark, fraud and importation claims to remain.

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