Nevada Secures $152M Opioid Settlement With Pharmacy Chain CVS May 18, 2023 By Gabe Stern Nevada and pharmacy chain CVS have reached a nearly $152 million settlement to be paid over the next decade to...
Texas to Receive $654M in Opioid Funds From CVS, Walgreens January 24, 2023 Texas Attorney General Paxton announced that the state is joining finalized opioid agreements with CVS and Walgreens totaling $10.7 billion...
CVS, Walgreens and Walmart to Pay $13.8B to Settle U.S. Opioid Claims: Sources November 2, 2022 By Brendan Pierson CVS Health Corp, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walmart Inc. have tentatively agreed to pay about $13.8 billion to resolve...
Walmart, CVS, Walgreens Ordered to Pay $650 Million Over Ohio Opioid Sales August 18, 2022 By Jef Feeley Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. were ordered to pay a total of $650 million over...
Insurers Refuse to Pick Up Bill for Billions in Opioid Claims March 8, 2022 By Jef Feeley A multibillion-dollar bill is coming due for the U.S. opioid epidemic and insurers for some of the largest drug makers,...
Insurers Taking Note of Big Verdicts, But Trial Lawyers Say Don’t Count on Changes December 1, 2021 By William Rabb When CVS Pharmacies, just weeks after a Georgia appeals court upheld a $43 million premises liability verdict against the company,...
Why Jury’s Opioid Verdict Against Pharmacy Chains May Not Survive Appeal November 30, 2021 By Jef Feeley While a Cleveland jury concluded Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. exacerbated Ohio’s opioid epidemic with...
Pharmacies Defend Actions as Ohio Opioid Trial Nears Its End November 16, 2021 By Grant Segall Lawyers for pharmacy chains including CVS and Walgreens on Monday argued they were not to blame for the U.S. opioid...
Walgreens, CVS Lead COVID-19 Vaccination Drive for Nursing Homes December 21, 2020 By Carl O'Donnell and Richa Naidu The U.S. government and two of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains kick off a nationwide campaign to vaccinate nursing home...
Market Value of Insurers, Drugstores Drops on Amazon Plans to Sell Prescription Drugs November 17, 2020 By Cristin Flanagan The leading drugstores, drug distributors and health insurers lost about $22 billion in market value Tuesday after Amazon.com Inc. revealed...