Attorney General Clark Encourages Eligible Consumers to Claim Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices

Following multiple settlements with drug manufacturers accused of conspiring to inflate generic drug prices, Attorney General Charity Clark is encouraging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation and to submit a claim for compensation here. Under the agreement filed by Vermont and a coalition of 47 other states and territories, generic drug manufacturers will distribute funds to eligible consumers in exchange for settlement of claims that those companies illegally conspired to raise the prices of generic drugs.

The coalition previously announced settlements with the manufacturers Glenmark, Lannett, Bausch, Apotex, Heritage, and Heritage's parent company, Emcure, totaling approximately $96.5 million. The multistate coalition's distribution plan aims to return millions of dollars from those settlement funds to those potentially harmed by the elevated prices of the generic drugs that are the subjects of those settlements.

If you purchased a generic drug listed here between May 2009 and December 2019, you may be eligible for compensation. To determine your eligibility, call 1-866-290-0182 (Toll-Free), email [email protected] or visit www.AGGenericDrugs.com.

Vermont is part of a coalition of nearly all states and territories engaged in a series of antitrust cases, starting in 2016. The cases stem from multiple investigations that included evidence from several cooperating witnesses at the core of the different conspiracies, millions of documents, and a massive phone record data base. Each case addresses a different set of drugs and defendants and lays out an interconnected web of competing industry executives who regularly met and communicated with each other, providing ample opportunity to form illegal agreements. The complaints note that defendants used terms like "fair share," "playing nice in the sandbox," and "responsible competitor" to unlawfully discourage competition, raise prices, and enforce an ingrained culture of collusion.

Joining Attorney General Clark in reaching the settlements are the attorneys general of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.