US Accuses CVS of Billing for Illegal Opioid Prescriptions

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing pharmacy chain CVS (CVS.N), of filling illegal opioid prescriptions and billing federal health insurance programs, contributing to a nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose.

The newly unsealed complaint, in Providence, Rhode Island federal court alleges that, from October 2013 to the present, CVS violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by filling prescriptions for dangerous quantities of opioids and dangerous combinations of drugs.

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