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# Feds Charge Teva with Illegal Copaxone Kickbacks
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/feds-charge-teva-with-illegal-copaxone-kickbacks/
- Published: 2020-08-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T16:25:17.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5147456

The federal government has filed a False Claims Act complaint charging that Teva illegally paid Medicare co-pays for the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone through purportedly independent foundations that were used as conduits in violation of the anti-kickback law. The Department of Justice (DoJ) [says](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-files-false-claims-act-complaint-against-drug-maker-teva-pharmaceuticals?ref=fdaweb.com) the company used the foundations to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks while raising the price of the drug.

The government alleges that from 2007 through 2015 Teva paid The Assistance Fund and Chronic Disease Fund with the intent and understanding that the foundations would use the company funds to cover the Medicare co-pays of people taking Copaxone. The DoJ says that during the same period Teva raised the price of Copaxone from about $17,000 per year to over $73,000 per year.