Teva Agrees to Pay $35 Million to Settle Inhaler Antitrust Suit

Oct. 27, 2025, 5:29 PM UTC

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. will pay $35 million to settle claims it delayed generic competition in the asthma inhaler market.

A group of end-payor plaintiffs filed a request for preliminary approval of the proposed settlement Oct. 24 in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

The settlement comes more than two years after a group of health and welfare funds of labor unions sued Teva, alleging it prolonged a monopoly over its brand name “QVAR” line of asthma inhalers by paying Amneal Pharmaceuticals to delay the generic version of the product. Teva acquired the rights to QVAR ...

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