The Commission stated that: "As described above, during 2013 and 2014, Salix, directly or indirectly, used the means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of the facilities of a national securities exchange, in connection with the purchase or sale of Salix securities, to knowingly or recklessly make untrue statements of material facts or omit to state material facts that were necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in: a. Salix earnings calls in 2013 and 2014, and b. the Risk Factors and MD&A sections of Salix's quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the first and second quarters of 2014."

On October 1, 2018, the SEC issued a litigation release regarding proceedings against Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., stating: "According to the SEC's complaints filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Salix and Derbyshire made false statements to analysts and investors during quarterly earnings calls by significantly understating the amount of Salix drugs that wholesaler customers held in inventory."

The Court stated: "The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. having entered a general appearance; consented to the Court's jurisdiction over Defendant and the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint (except as to jurisdiction); waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and waived any right to appeal from this Final Judgment".