West Virginia counties, cities to receive Pfizer settlement checks

West Virginia counties, cities to receive Pfizer settlement checks

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Friday morning, West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey announced his office is distributing checks to cities and counties in the Mountain State from a lawsuit settlement. The $3.5 million in funding results from a settlement in a lawsuit against Pfizer and Ranbaxy. The lawsuit involved the cholesterol drug Lipitor and a cheaper generic version. The two companies are alleged to have delayed the generic drug for 20 m…

Ohio Valley counties, cities, and towns receive funds from $3.5 million from Lipitor settlement

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly $3.5 million has been distributed to local governments in West Virginia as part of a legal settlement involving the cholesterol drug Lipitor, Attorney General JB McCuskey announced Friday. The funds come from a settlement with Pfizer Inc. and Ranbaxy Inc., which were accused of delaying a cheaper generic version of Lipitor by 20 months after the drug’s patent expired on March 24, 2010. According to the Attorney General…

State Attorney General announces distribution of funds from lawsuit settlement with Pfizer and Ranbaxy

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –State Attorney General J.B McCuskey announcing Friday that they have distributed nearly $3.5 million dollars to counties and cities in West Virginia as part of a recently settled antitrust lawsuit with Pfizer and Ranbaxy. The lawsuit, which began in 2013 under Governor Patrick Morrisey who was the attorney general at the time, alleged that…