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Welcome to the AWP Track 2 Settlement Website
**Update: On December 15, 2009 the court entered an order
temporarily suspending all opt-out, objection, and claims filing deadlines for consumer
class members only until further notice. Consumers can still file claims during
this period and are urged to do so. If you have already filed a claim or objection,
or if you have already opted-out of the class, you do not need to take any action
at this time. Further updates will be posted on this website and on the toll-free
settlement hotline (1-877-465-8136) as soon as the information becomes available.
The suspension of deadlines has no effect on the Third Party Payor class members.**
There is a Proposed Class Action Settlement with various drug manufacturers (“Defendants”)
concerning approximately 200 Drugs that are listed in the Covered Drugs List.This is a class action lawsuit in the
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The name of the lawsuit is
In re: Pharmaceutical Average Wholesale Price Litigation, Docket No. 01-CV-12257-PBS,
MDL No. 1456.
The lawsuit claims that certain drug companies reported false and inflated average
wholesale prices (“AWP”) for certain types of outpatient drugs. The Average Wholesale
Price (“AWP”) is used to set reimbursement amounts that are paid by a) Medicare
and its beneficiaries, b) private healthy insurers, and c) consumers making full
cash or percentage co-payments under private health insurance plans. The lawsuit
claims that Defendants reported false and inflated AWPs for the drugs at issue,
which in turn raised the price consumers, Medicare, and insurers paid for the drugs.
Defendants deny the claims in the lawsuit but have agreed to pay $125 million to
settle these and other related claims. This Proposed Settlement is not an admission
of wrongdoing or an indication that any law was violated. The costs of administering
the Proposed Settlement as well as attorneys' fees will be deducted from the Settlement
Fund before distributions to Class Members.
The remaining fund will be distributed to consumers and Third-Party Payors who submit
a valid claim.
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PRIVATE INSURANCE
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If You Made a full cash or a Percentage Co-Payments Through Private Health Insurance
for any of These Drugs
Between
1/1/91 and 3/1/08,
Click Here
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MEDICARE PART B
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If You Made Percentage Co-Payments Through Medicare Part B for any
of These Drugs
Between
1/1/91 and 1/1/05,
Click Here
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