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Teva Hit By US Suit Over Copaxone Copays

DoJ Pursues Israeli Generics Giant Over Charity Payments

 
• By Brenda Sandburg

Government claims Teva’s payments to two foundations to cover Copaxone copays violated Anti-Kickback statute. Teva is bucking settlement trend in DOJ’s industrywide investigation of sponsor ties to charitable foundations.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 2018: Headquarters of the U.S. Justice Department. Art Deco aluminum torcheres at doorway. Renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in 2001.
Department of Justice sues Teva over charity copayments for Copaxone • Source: Shutterstock

Teva would apparently rather fight than settle US Department of Justice claims that charity copayments for its multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone (glatiramer) constitute illegal kickbacks.

The DoJ announced on 18 August that it had filed a False Claims Act complaint against Teva, alleging it used two foundations as conduits for hundreds of millions in kickbacks to Medicare patients while raising the price

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