Friday, 3 May 2019

UPDATE 2-McKesson to pay $37 million to resolve West Virginia opioid lawsuit

UPDATE 2-McKesson to pay $37 million to resolve West Virginia opioid lawsuitDrug distributor McKesson Corp has agreed to pay $37 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of West Virginia alleging it helped fuel a U.S. opioid epidemic by failing to stop suspicious orders of painkillers by pharmacies in the state. The settlement announced by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Thursday came in one of hundreds of similar lawsuits by states and local governments against McKesson and other distributors over their roles in the opioid crisis. The settlement was the largest that a distributor has agreed with a state in the litigation.




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