Paid for a Generic Drug Between 2009 and 2019? Claim Your Share of $475 Million by November 9, and Bring Proof.

If you filled a prescription for a common generic between 2009 and 2019, you may have money coming. Levothyroxine, gabapentin, pravastatin, fluoxetine, trazodone, warfarin and generic Adderall are all on the list. The deadline is November 9, 2026, and this one wants paperwork.

That second part is the hard part, so start now.

What happened

Drug makers Sandoz and Sun/Taro settled a class action accusing generic manufacturers of conspiring to push up prices. Sandoz put in $275 million. Sun/Taro put in $200 million. The case is In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation, in federal court in Philadelphia.

How cozy did it get? According to the state attorneys general running a parallel case, executives used phrases like “fair share” and “playing nice in the sandbox” to keep from competing. New York’s attorney general says some coordinated increases topped 1,000%, and that the heart drug digoxin tripled in price.

So the cheap generic wasn’t always cheap. You paid the difference.

The catch: one document per drug

The claim form covers 197 drugs. For each one you list, you have to send proof of at least one purchase between May 1, 2009 and December 31, 2019. A receipt works. So does an account statement, or an itemized purchase history your pharmacy prints for you.

You enter what you paid out of pocket, not what your insurer paid. You sign under penalty of perjury. The administrator can audit and cut claims that look high “based on expected average purchases.”

Translation: list what you can document, and don’t guess big.

What it’s worth

Here’s what they don’t tell you: nobody knows yet. Payments are pro rata, by dollars spent. Attorneys’ fees (up to one-third of the Sun/Taro fund), expenses and administration come out first. Insurers and health plans that paid for the same drugs are class members too, so they share the pot.

Your call, but the math favors filing if you took one of these drugs for years and can get the records. A copay of $10 a month for a decade is $1,200 in spending to claim against. One receipt doesn’t do much if it’s all you have.

Do this now

Start with the drug list attached to the claim form. It lists each drug by form and strength, so match what you actually took.

Then call your pharmacy this week and ask for an itemized purchase history going back to 2009. A decade-old record can take time to pull, and November 9 is five weeks out.

File online at GenericDrugsEndPayerSettlement.com, or mail the form to A.B. Data, P.O. Box 173118, Milwaukee, WI 53217, postmarked by November 9. Questions go to 1-877-316-0171. You can get paid by direct deposit, Zelle, PayPal, Venmo or check.

Skip it if Medicaid covered every one of your fills. Those purchases are excluded.

Indiana and Ohio: the other door

The class settlement excludes purchases made in Indiana and Ohio. Both states, though, are in the 48-member attorney general coalition that separately collected about $96.5 million from Glenmark, Lannett, Bausch, Apotex, Heritage and Emcure. That program has its own drug list and its own deadline, March 8, 2027. Check whether your purchases qualify at AGGenericDrugs.com or 1-866-290-0182.

Check both lists. They’re separate programs with their own drug lists, and filing one doesn’t file the other. If you’ve ever chased a refund like the Amazon Prime FTC payout, this is the same move with more homework.

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