MICHIGAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION AND CLASS ACTION CAPITAL PARTNERSHIP PORTAL

The Michigan Pharmacists Association has partnered with Class Action Capital, a market leader in class action settlement claim management. Class Action Capital is already successfully working with a very large number of hospitals, health systems, healthcare facilities, and state hospital and pharmacist associations across the country helping to recover meaningful refunds on their behalf from a number of recent class action settlements.

Many healthcare companies do not have the time, resources, or relevant data available to file a settlement claim and Class Action Capital will work with you in order to submit a fully comprehensive claim recovery while minimizing your time, internal resources, and the risk of error if you were to take on this process on your own.

Settlement Opportunities

HEALTHCARE SETTLEMENTS

Generic Pharmaceutical Pricing Antitrust Litigation

The lawsuit claims that generic drug manufacturers violated antitrust laws, harming competition and causing settlement class members to overpay for over 150 Named Generic Drugs between May 1, 2009 through December 31, 2019.  

The defendant list includes 58 of the country’s major generic drug manufacturers; the settling defendants deny liability as alleged in the lawsuit and the court has not decided who is right or wrong.  

Currently, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Taro Pharmaceuticals USA have settled for a combined total of $85 million but it is Class Action Capital’s opinion that this could be among the largest settlements in US history.    

There are three potential classes your organization may qualify for depending on how your organization purchases these products and for what purpose: Direct, Indirect, and End Payor.

SureScripts Antitrust Litigation

The case involves the market that digitally transmits prescriptions from the prescribing physician to the pharmacy. The market involves (1) routing prescriptions to pharmacies, and (2) the eligibility market that allows providers to check a patient’s insurance eligibility.

The prescribing physicians contract with electronic health records (EHR) vendors to convey prescription information to pharmacies’ computer databases across an e-prescribing network. In a separate but related transaction, the patient’s formulary and pharmaceutical benefit information goes from the patient’s healthcare plan (usually the patient’s health insurer or pharmacy benefit manager) to the prescriber physician’s EHR system.

SureScripts is the go-between for pharmacies and the providers who send them prescriptions, and it also serves as the go-between providers and pharmacy benefit managers who check the patient’s eligibility.

 

NON-HEALTHCARE SETTLEMENTS

Payment Card Antitrust Litigation $5.54 Billion 

This settlement resolves allegations that VISA, MasterCard and their issuing banks violated the law by charging excessive interchange fees to merchants.  The settlement received final approval on December 13, 2019 and the settlement fund is approximately $5.54 billion.  Your organization is likely eligible for a refund if you accepted VISA or MasterCard branded credit or debit cards as a form of payment between January 1, 2004 – January 25, 2019.

Claim forms are available beginning December 1, 2023, when they will be delivered and available online. Class members need not sign up for a third-party service in order to participate in any monetary relief. No-cost assistance is available from the Class Administrator and Class Counsel during the claims-filing period. Class members may visit www.paymentcardsettlement.com, the Court-approved website for this case for additional information. The claim filing deadline is May 31, 2024.

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