If you purchased, paid, and/or provided reimbursement for some or all of the purchase price of Seroquel XR or quetiapine fumarate ER 50 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, and/or 300 mg tablets, you could get money from class action settlements.

Proposed settlements have been reached in a class action lawsuit against AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and AstraZeneca UK Limited (collectively, “AstraZeneca”) and Handa Pharmaceuticals, LLC (“Handa”) (together with AstraZeneca, “Defendants”). The lawsuit alleges that AstraZeneca and Handa unlawfully kept 50 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, and 300 mg strengths of generic quetiapine fumarate ER (i.e., generic versions of Seroquel XR) off the market so third-party payors paid more for brand Seroquel XR and generic quetiapine fumarate ER than they should have. AstraZeneca and Handa deny that they did anything wrong.

There have been separate settlements with AstraZeneca and Handa. This website concerns both settlements.

A $5.475 million Settlement Fund will pay (1) money to eligible Settlement Class Members; (2) notice and administration costs; (3) service awards to the class representatives who brought the lawsuit; and (4) attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses.


Your Legal Rights and Options in This Lawsuit
Option Description of Option
Submit a Claim Form

If you believe you are a Settlement Class Member and want to get a payment from the settlement, you will need to complete and submit a Claim Form. A Claim Form must be received (if submitted online) or postmarked (if mailed) by June 9, 2025. All Claim Form submissions will be kept confidential.

You do not need to submit separate Claim Forms for each settlement.

See FAQ 7 for more information.
Exclude Yourself From the Settlement(s)

You may exclude yourself (i.e., opt out) from the AstraZeneca and/or Handa Settlement(s). If you decide to exclude yourself from either or both settlements, you will not be bound by any decision in this lawsuit relating to the settlement(s) from which you exclude yourself, and you will not be entitled to any benefits attributable to that settlement. If you exclude yourself from a settlement, you keep any rights to sue that Defendant on your own for the same legal claims in this lawsuit. See FAQ 10.
Object to the Settlement(s)

You may object to any, part, or all of the proposed AstraZeneca and/or Handa settlement(s) if you want to stay in the Settlement Class and want to tell the Court why you do not like the AstraZeneca and/or Handa proposed settlement(s). Whether or not you object, you must file a valid and timely Claim Form to receive money. See FAQ 13.
Get More Information

If you would like to receive more information about the proposed settlements, you can send questions to the Claims Administrator or lawyers identified on this website and/or attend the Fairness Hearing at which the Court will evaluate the proposed settlements.

These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained in the Notice and on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page of this website. The Court in charge of this case still must decide whether to approve the settlement. Payments will be made to those who qualify only after the Court approves the settlement and any appeals are resolved. Please be patient.


Current Status

The Court preliminarily approved the settlement on December 9, 2024, and Class Notice was sent to Settlement Class Members on January 8, 2025.


Important Dates
  • September 5, 2015–December 9, 2024
    Class Period
  • February 24, 2025
    Deadline to Exclude Yourself from the Settlement
  • February 24, 2025
    Deadline to Object to the Settlement
  • April 24, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
    Fairness Hearing
  • June 9, 2025
    Deadline to Submit a Claim Form