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EpiPen settlement overview:
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Who: EpiPen purchasers are receiving checks worth thousands of dollars from a $609 million settlement.
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Why: Pfizer, Meridian Medical Technologies, King Pharmaceuticals and Mylan agreed to pay a combined $609 million to resolve claims that they conspired to extend their monopoly on expensive EpiPen prescriptions.
- Where: Nationwide.
Top Class Actions readers from around the country have begun to receive checks and digital payments from a $609 million EpiPen class action lawsuit settlement — and some report receiving more than $1,000.
The settlement benefits individuals and entities who paid for or provided reimbursement for branded or generic EpiPens for themselves, their families, insureds, plan participants, employees or beneficiaries between Aug. 24, 2011, and Nov. 1, 2020.Â
The EpiPen settlement does not benefit government entities, single flat co-pay consumers, direct purchasers, fully insured health plans, those who excluded themselves from the settlement and certain others.
Plaintiffs in the EpiPen class action lawsuit claimed Pfizer, Meridian Medical Technologies, King Pharmaceuticals and Mylan conspired to prolong their monopoly on EpiPen prescriptions. These companies allegedly issued large rebates to insurers and Medicaid plans if those plans refused to cover less expensive competitor medications. This scheme allegedly allowed the businesses to sell EpiPens at exorbitant prices which increased from $100 to $600 in less than 10 years.Â
The defendants did not admit any wrongdoing but agreed to resolve the EpiPen class action lawsuit with $609 million in settlement payments. Pfizer, Meridian and King agreed to pay $345 million, while Mylan agreed to pay an additional $264 million.
Under the terms of the settlement, class members could receive a cash payment based on the amount they paid for EpiPen products. Eighty percent of the settlement funds were allocated to third-party payor compensation. The remaining 20 percent of the settlement funds were allocated to individual patients and consumers.
Top Class Actions readers report receiving significant payments from the EpiPen class action lawsuit settlement. One reader reportedly received a payment of over $3,700, while others received hundreds in checks and digital payments.
Have you gotten a payment from the EpiPen settlement? Let us know in the comments below!
Claimants in the class action lawsuit settlement are represented by Elizabeth C Pritzker of Pritzker Levine LLP, Warren T. Burns of Burns Charest LLP, Paul J. Geller of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Lynn Lincoln Sarko of Keller Rohrback LLP and Rex A. Sharp of Sharp Law LLP.
The EpiPen class action multidistrict litigation is In re: EpiPen Marketing, Sales Practices, and Antitrust Litigation, Civil Action No. 2:17-md-02785-DDC-TJJ (MDL No: 2785), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
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still have not got my epipen payout
I still never received my payment and I’ve been waiting since I got a email on May 29th
I still never received my payment
I received 21 dollars and I have two children that I had to buy for
You didn’t fill the claim form out correctly I’m thinking then unfortunately. That really stinks. If you had to buy for 2 children, how much did you pay out of pocket? Each time? And how MANY did you purchase within that time frame for your 2 kids? It was basically a 9 YEAR time frame. from 2011 – 2020. So if you’re buying them once or even twice a year at times because you had to use them, or even because you kept one at home for each child and one at school, not quite sure what you did wrong other than saying your insurance covered most of it and you didn’t pay really anything OOP – $21.00 possibly? (Because obviously then the money didn’t come out of
YOUR pocket – your insurance covered it as it does for most children, even Medicaid. In fact they are a MAJOR provider of EpiPens for children and cover over 30 million a year. So that’s why YOU wouldn’t get paid. Like I said, because your insurance must have covered most of it, or even all, and you only paid a very small portion out of pocket. That’s quite honestly the only mistake I can think of because with two children and paying for them once or twice a year for two children, out of pocket, with little to no insurance, you should have had to pay for about 18 to 36 Epi Pens, depending on if you are purchasing them annually, and as you know EpiPens come in a 2-pack so 1 for each child could have been kept at home AND at school if they’re even OF school age (as if a reaction was had there and they were aware of your child’s condition the school nurse could administer). And if you had to USE any, as they’re only single dose, but with 2 injectors, that’s a whole nother ball game I can’t even intelligently comment on because the amount would vary significantly as you’d have to then replace it, especially if he/she needed both injectors, if the reaction was severe enough. And everything I’ve asked you – it requested that information on the claim form as well. You don’t actually need to ANSWER me, as it’s absolutely none of my business, I’m just answering your question, but yeah, that’s the only way, in my opinion, you would have received what you did. If you used any kind of insurance or put the wrong amount that you received/purchased. You could have gotten pharmacy print-outs or possibly even emails, of the last 7 years I believe they go back so that would have been ALMOST proof for the entire settlement period. Minus 2 years. And they did ask for proof after the fact so you could have sent it/emailed it in. I believe they also gave you the option to attach proof on the actual claim form. Truly sorry it didn’t work out. All the best.
Include me please. The cost of epi-pens was insane
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yes i turn in three one i had no insurance, two i did and they wanted receipts and.or records from pharmacy what a bunch of BS i told you what pharmacies, do some leg work …
If you don’t mind me asking – what was the issue with providing the pharmacy information? It’s usually kept for 7 years and the settlement was for 9. All you would have to have done was called your pharmacy or pharmacies where you filled those scripts and asked them to pick up a printout (they may even email it if you give them an email address or they have an email address on file for you) of the EpiPens you purchased over the last… basically however many years they went back. Like I said, it’s usually about 7.
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