Eleven pharmaceutical companies recently settled a class action in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts concerning their alleged inflation of prescription drug wholesale prices for $125 million.

In the litigation, consumers and insurance companies accused the companies of fraudulently inflating published average wholesale drug prices. Those wholesale prices led to higher consumer and insurance company payments for branded and generic drugs used to treat serious illnesses like cancer and HIV. In re: Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation, M.D.L. No. 1456, No. 01-12257 (D. Mass).

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