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Case ID: 2718 | Drugs / Medical | 06/08/2006
The class has been certified in a class action filed against IPC Pharmacy and five related companies on behalf of Hawaiians who allege that the company accepted pills returned by nursing homes and recycled them either by returning them to bulk container bottles or by relabeling them, in violation of state consumer protection laws. The action seeks a return of the purchase price of the drugs.
The action alleges that Hawaiians who had prescriptions in certain IPC drug product lines were sold drugs that could have been a hodgepodge of drugs previously sold to multiple consumers. Many of the people affected are nursing home residents. The companies named in the action are Interstate Pharmacy Corporation, Pharmacy Corporation of America, IPC Pharmacy, Pharmerica, Inc., Bergen Brunswick Corporation, and Amerisource Bergen. Amerisource Bergen's predecessor, Bergen Brunswig, was fined $4 million in 2001 by the Hawaii Medicaid Investigations Division to settle allegations that included billing the state twice for the same pills. IPC was fined $30,000 by the state Board of Pharmacy. At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Drugs / Medical Cases of Interest In the world of prescription drugs, Lipitor reigns king with over $10 billion in annual sales. Some consumer groups, however, believe that the drug’s manufacturer, Pfizer Inc., engaged in deceptive advertising of the cholesterol drug in order to boost sales. Prescription expiration dates should be obeyed to assure that your medication works effectively. A class action filed against Walgreen Company on behalf of prescription purchasers who claim that Walgreen’s policy of placing its own expiration dates of one year from the date of purchase on prescriptions dispensed wrongly denied them the full and safe use of the medications. A class action has been filed against Blue Cross of California on behalf of policyholders who allege that the insurer wrongfully changed their healthcare policies' premium basis from their age at initial enrollment to their attained ages at renewal time, in violation of the terms of the policies. Kahn Gauthier Swick is investigating possible legal actions on behalf of uninsured or partially insured patients who have been overcharged by Tenet Healthcare Corporation, the second-largest healthcare provider in the U.S. A national class action has been filed against prescription drug plan operator Express Scripts, Inc. on behalf of all U.S. citizens who were or are participants in or beneficiaries of any employer-provided prescription benefit plan (1) that required participants or beneficiaries to pay a percentage co-pay for prescription drugs and (2) for which Express Scripts, Inc. or one of its predecessors-in-interest or subsidiaries serves or has served as the plan's provider of prescription drugs at any time from October 1, 1997, through the present. The action is brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and claims that Express Scripts breached its fiduciary duty to plan participants and beneficiaries in several ways. The participants are seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and a court order requiring Express Scripts to make an accounting of and reimburse consumers and benefit plans all monies earned through allegedly unlawful activities.
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