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The manufacturers of the drug Neurontin reached a $325 million class action lawsuit settlement Wednesday over allegations they fraudulently marketed the prescription drug, which is used to treat seizures, restless leg syndrome, and pain caused by shingles. If approved, third-party payers of the drug will be eligible to claim a cash award from the Neurontin class action settlement, announced Friday.
The Neurontin settlement marks the end to a nearly 10-year-old class action lawsuit battle in which plaintiffs, who included both direct purchasers and third-party payers, accused Pfizer of delaying generic versions of Neurontin and promoted the drug for unapproved uses. Pfizer reached a $190 million Neurontin class action settlement with direct purchasers of the drug (consumers) in April.
The plaintiffs in the Neurontin class action lawsuit alleged that Pfizer delayed competition from generic producers of the drug, gabapentin anhydrous, which Pfizer sold under the name Neurotin, by exercising a monopoly over the medicine. The plaintiffs alleged that Pfizer’s actions included illegal off-label promotion, manipulating the patent application process, filing bogus patent lawsuits, and engaging in fraud, which the plaintiffs claim amounted to violations of the Sherman Act.
Additionally, the plaintiffs claimed they had to overpay for Neurontin. In 2004, following an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, Pfizer pleaded guilty to criminal illegal marketing charges involving Neurontin and was hit with a $430 million fine, sparking the Neurotin class action lawsuit.
The third-party payor plaintiffs included insurance companies, health care benefit providers, union health and welfare plans, and others. The third-party plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary approval of the Neurontin settlement, which will provide cash awards to third-party payors in the United States who purchased, paid for, administered and/or reimbursed for Neurontin sold by the Defendants or gabapentin sold by Greenstone LLC.
The Neurontin class action settlement reached in April will apply to consumers in the United States that purchased Neurontin from Pfizer at any time during the period of December 11, 2002 through August 31, 2008, and who have purchased generic gabapentin.
Details on how to file a claim for both the consumer Neurontin class action settlement and the third-party payor settlement were not immediately available, but the settlement website for the third-party payors will be www.NeurontinSettlement.com, according to court documents. The site was not live at press time.
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The TPP plaintiffs are represented by Thomas M. Sobol of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Thomas Greene of Greene LLP, Elizabeth J. Cabraser of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Don Barrett of Barrett Law Office, Daniel Becnel Jr. of the Law Offices of Daniel Becnel Jr. and James Dugan of Dugan & Browne.
The Neurontin TPP Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Neurontin Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, Case No. 1:04-cv-10981, MDL 1629, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
The Neurontin Consumer Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Neurontin Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 2:02-cv-01390, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
UPDATE: Instructions on how to file a claim for the Neurontin third-party payor class action settlement are now available! Click here or visit www.NeurontinSettlement.com for more information.
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156 thoughts on$325M Neurontin Class Action Settlement Reached with Third-Party Payors
I been taking Gabapentin for 5 years and I have pain in my hands and arms and legs. My feet are always numbs and cold. Also I haven’t a problem with going to sleep. Help please reply
Omg same
This medicine has ruined my life and so much pain, almost lost all hair etc…memory zapped, falling, etc…
Yes how do I fill out paperwork for the lawsuit?
I’ve been taking gabapentin for 3 years and had two strokes need a lawyer
Sounds to me like we all were. Dooped. I was diagnosed w optic neuritis… Then fibro… Then trigeminal Neuralgia… An awful lot of pain. I stopped taking everything cold turkey and almost died. Huge chunks of memories. Gone… Short term… Terrible. I can’t retain things it’s very frustrating to know Pfizer did this to all of us to make a quick million dollars.
Ive been on this for 5 years what do i this shit is wrong How many lawsuits and they’re still prescribing this
Took Gabapentin for pain and was lite headed and fell down and broke an arm. Felt bad and had double vision and ran into a glass door and broke my nose.
Been taking gabapentin for 3 years,i suffed from memory loss,blured vision, dizziness,all which i have to take medication for now,i suffer from severe chronic back pain thats why i was givin the gabapentin
I was given Gabapentin in 2011 all the way to 2014 and longer for back and nerve damage. I constantly fall and still do. I’ve crushed 2 vertebrae in Mt T spine. I’ve had spinal stimulator implant. It continously made me sick. I ran into glass door at the mall. Here it is 2023 and I’m still falling. Having forgetfulness
My name is Candy and I was on gabapentin for 20 years. I was prescribed it back in 2001 for a back injury. Now with multiple surgeries under my belt 8 total and I’ve got nerve damage/ pain and have memory loss along with daily pain I believe due to medications. I’m 52 I shouldn’t be having all this wrong . The doctors continued to up the dose to the maximum dosage 1200 MG a day for prolonged period of 20 years unfortunately
I have been on gabapentin for nerve damage in my neck was broke in 3 places. I have lost memory eye sight has gotten worse. And so much more from taking gabapentin.
I was prescribed 2017 for nerve pain 300mg 3 a day . I have memory loss , short of breath. I have to write everything down to remember simple things
I too was prescribed Gabapantine for my back letting go. I found out that I have disk degeneration and arthritis in my spine. I am 31 years old and took it for over 6 months in which I lost nearly 60 pounds cause I wasn’t eating and completely lost whole days that I don’t remember and I now have short term memory loss. When will we be able to use wholistic natural medicine that actually works.
I have been prescribed gabapentin 5 or 6 years now and I have had mood swings weight gain
I’ve been taking gabapentin the last 6 years . Now i have renal cancer . I have the same diet for the last 50 years . I googled all my meds and this eas the only one said prolong use cause renal cancer . Ask my doctor why he prescribe it to me. I got no answer. Hope there is a class action lawsuits against the maker before i die
I have been prescribed gabapentin 300 and had horrible mood swings memory loss falling down episodes, unexplainable I stopped taking the medication of January 2023. First time given to me in 2018 to current 2023. No doctor ever shared with me that it was only for seizures not a pain medication. I was told this will take care of my pain.
Gabapentin really messed up my body and brain even my teeth started falling out. I was falling down all the time like I was drunk. And my body still had the pain I was taking this medication for. I finally took myself off, I still have some pain and I am not falling very often.
Are Doctors get money to write prescriptions?
I’ve been on it for 6 or 7 years for femoral nerve damage and my memory is so bad. Within minutes I’ll forget that I have done something it need to do something. I’m only 45. I was never like this before. And I didn’t know why it was happening till I heard about this lawsuit. And memory loss is a big side affect. I saw a doctor online talk about how it’s a seizure medicine and it slows your brain down. No one ever told me what could happen.
Hi you sound like me I am 45 years old I’ve been on gabapentin for 20 years and I am the same way I can’t remember anything I have body I don’t like sent restless leg syndrome I have body Restless body syndrome I can barely breathe I just seen my doctor I haven’t got no results yet of anything but my name is Christine Kilkenny
Yeah I’ve been taking it for 21/2yrs and have been with no estrogen from it and dizziness and memory has been bad and very tired and just feel bad.