(July 9, 2018, 12:02 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge on July 5 dismissed without prejudice an antitrust lawsuit alleging that Baxter International Inc. and Hospira Inc. conspired to create a shortage of saline intravenous (IV) solution to drive up prices and get long-term supply contracts (Washington County Health Care Authority, Inc., et al. v. Baxter International Inc., et al., No. 16-10324, N.D. Ill., Eastern Div., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112064)....