{"id":86445,"date":"2025-08-22T02:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T02:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/86445\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T02:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T02:39:08","slug":"hawaii-consumers-may-get-refunds-from-generic-drug-price-lawsuit-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/86445\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii consumers may get refunds from generic drug price lawsuit | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HONOLULU (Island News) &#8212; Hawaii consumers who purchased generic drugs between May 1, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2019 may be eligible for potential compensation.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement from Attorney General Anne Lopez follows a court-approved settlement with Apotex Corp., a generic drug manufacturer. This settlement addresses certain claims in antitrust and consumer protection lawsuits in the U.S. District Courts for the District of Connecticut and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuits allege that some generic drug manufacturers conspired to artificially inflate and manipulate drug prices, reduce competition and unreasonably restrain trade regarding numerous generic prescription drugs.<\/p>\n<p>A final list of generic drugs involved and a distribution plan have yet to be approved by the court. Registration ensures that Hawaii consumers will be notified of future settlements and the claims filing process.<\/p>\n<p>A partial list of drugs involved in the settlement can be found by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/aggenericdrugs.com\/English\/Drug-List\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">aggenericdrugs.com\/English\/Drug-List<\/a>. They can register their contact information at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.AGGenericDrugs.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.AGGenericDrugs.com<\/a> or by calling 1-866-290-0182.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitv.com\/news\/business\/queen-s-north-hawaii-hospital-nurses-ratify-new-contract\/article_1a62a2d1-3722-4965-bd50-28c09f149a88.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Queen&#x2019;s North Hawaii Hospital nurses ratify new contract\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Queen&#x2019;s North Hawaii Hospital nurses ratify new contract\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/68293d4ddaba2.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"150\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HONOLULU (Island News) &#8212; Hawaii consumers who purchased generic drugs between May 1, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[64,63,99,137,322,490,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-86445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-local","13":"tag-medication","14":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}