Pennsylvania v. TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. (opinion announcing the judgment of the court)
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This case was among a number of civil actions brought by state attorneys general against pharmaceutical companies challenging the propriety of prescription drug pricing, as it impacted third-party reimbursement for brand-name drug purchases subsidized by government social welfare programs. The Commonwealth focused its claims upon alleged overpayments tied to the use of an industry benchmark figure (average wholesale price, or "AWP") in government reimbursement formulas. While many issues of concern were raised about the Commonwealth’s approach to this litigation and the judgment it has obtained, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the monetary component of that judgment grounded on the Commonwealth’s failure to offer a rational accounting for the billion dollars in rebate monies which Commonwealth agencies received from the drug manufacturers it sued.
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