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# Pfizer Settles Oregon Marketing Suit for $975,000
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/pfizer-settles-oregon-marketing-suit-for-975-000/
- Published: 2019-03-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T01:14:29.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5143652

Oregon attorney general **Ellen Rosenblum** says Pfizer will pay $975,000 to settle state charges that it distributed misleading marketing materials and coupons to Oregon consumers. Rosenblum [says](https://www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/news-media-releases/ag-rosenblum-announces-large-settlement-with-pfizer-for-misleading-drug-pricing-coupons/?ref=fdaweb.com) the coupons were designed to help consumers afford copays or deductibles associated with branded drugs.

Some $620,000 of the settlement money will go to two state organizations that each help underinsured and uninsured residents afford health care.

Rosenblum says that after a four-month investigation, the state Department of Justice determined that Pfizer distributed misleading marketing materials and coupons that said consumers would “pay no more than” a certain amount such as $15, $20, or $25 at the pharmacy for the company’s Flector Patch, Estring, and Quillivant/Quillichew. In reality, she said, many consumers had to pay significantly more. She said the investigation identified 371 customers who paid more than $40,000 in total over the amount promised by the coupon the first time a prescription was filled.

Rosenblum’s news release says that since 2003 Oregon has recouped over $10 million in civil settlements from Pfizer.