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CVS agrees to settle Justice Department opioid case
315MUSD
Settlement amount paid by CVS and its subsidiaries
CVS Pharmacy Inc. and subsidiaries agreed to pay $315 million to resolve a Justice Department lawsuit alleging unlawful dispensing of medically unnecessary opioid prescriptions. CVS denied wrongdoing, and the settlement requires additional safeguards for controlled-substance prescriptions.
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CVS Pharmacy Inc. and its subsidiaries agreed to pay a settlement to resolve a Justice Department case over opioid prescriptions.
“CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve a Justice Department case”
- 315MUSD
Settlement amount paid by CVS and its subsidiaries
“agreed to pay $315 million”
AllegedThe Justice Department alleged that CVS unlawfully dispensed medically unnecessary prescriptions for highly addictive opioids.
“a Justice Department case alleging it unlawfully dispensed medically unnecessary prescriptions of highly addictive opioids”