West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey claims Mylan's settlement to the federal government is "woefully deficient," and vows to reject the settlement, according to STAT.
Here are five highlights:
1. The attorney general implored the Department of Justice to not accept the $465 million settlement and sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
2. West Virginia Attorney General Morrissey said the payment does not make up for Mylan's actions and does not send the right message to other pharmaceutical companies operating in the Medicaid Market.
3. In his letter to Attorney General Lynch, West Virginia Attorney General Morrissey said, "The people of West Virginia deserve much better than this." He did not say how much the state of West Virginia would receive from the $465 million settlement.
4. Other U.S. officials have scrutinized the settlement, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) referring to the deal as "shamefully weak." Three other senators including, Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), asked the DOJ to assess whether Mylan violated the False Claims Act by "knowingly" misclassifying EpiPen as a generic, rather than a brand-name product.
5. Over the past 10 years, Mylan has raised EpiPen's price by 548 percent.
