The state of West Virginia has landed a $37 million settlement against a pharmaceutical wholesaler that is accused of dumping"massive quantities" of prescription painkillers into communities.
A congressional report released last year found that McKesson had supplied “massive quantities” to one pharmacy in Kermit that received nearly 10,000 pills a day on average.Although drug makers have settled similar cases for hundreds of millions of dollars, West Virginia officials say they believe this $37 million settlement represents the nation’s largest state settlement against a pharmaceutical distributor.
The McKesson settlement resolves allegations by the state related to the distribution of controlled substances to West Virginia-licensed and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-registered dispensers in the state. It does not resolve any allegations brought by counties, municipalities or other political subdivisions within West Virginia.
But the drug problem comes from the southern border?
How about we try and figure out why people are self medicating and solve that problem.
But will this money get to the people who need and deserve it.
This should have been yall FIRST suspects on this Opioid thang.
I imagine that is a drop in the Proverbial pharmaceutical profit bucket🧐🍸
Not good enough. The guilty should be in prison.
When pharmaceuticals distributors and companies act like cartels.
That's the healthcare for profit system for you. This should surprise no one.
Peanuts
guess who gets the 37 million
That doesn’t seem like much
Seems like a mere pittance.