Walgreens: Walgreens agrees to pay US up to $350m for illegally filling opioid prescriptions

Drugstore chain settles with DoJ over claims it dispensed millions of unlawful prescriptions for more than a decadeWalgreens has agreed to pay up to $350m to settle claims by the US justice department that it illegally filled millions of prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances.The country's largest drugstore chain must pay the government $300m, plus an additional $50m if the corporation is sold, transferred or merged before 2032, according to the terms of the settlement reached on Friday. Continue reading...