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The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Walgreens this week, alleging that the company was knowingly illegal. Versions No medical purpose, including opioids.
Walgreens is accused of filling millions of illegal prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act and then attempting to reimburse the federal prescriptions through various federal health care programs in violation of the laws. False Claims ActAccording to the complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District Illinois.
“This complaint is pending Walgreen's Brian M. Deputy Attorney General Boynton, head of the Department of Justice's Civil Division, said in a statement: Principal Deputy Attorney General Boynton, head of the Department of Justice's Civil Division, said in a statement:
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“Our complaint alleges that Walgreens pharmacists filled millions of prescriptions of controlled substances with clear red flags indicating that the prescriptions were likely illegal, and that Walgreens systematically pressured its pharmacists to fill prescriptions from Complete the sentences for prescriptions of controlled substances without taking the prescriptions. The time required to validate these methods allows millions of opioid pills and other controlled substances to be illegally removed from Walgreens stores.
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A Walgreens store in Homestead, Florida. (Joe Rudel/Getty Images/Getty Images)
The complaint alleges that the illegal prescribing began in August 2012 and has continued ever since.
Among the millions of illegal prescriptions were reportedly “dangerous and excessive amounts of opioids” and an even more dangerous “trinity drug combination” consisting of an opioid, a benzodiazepine and a muscle relaxant. complaint
It also alleged that the store ignored “substantial evidence” from multiple sources that illegal prescriptions were being filled, “including from its own pharmacists and internal data.”
Walgreen's In response He said that he needs an explanation from the court.
Merchandise aisle at a Walgreens store in New York City. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Walgreens said: “We ask the court to clarify the responsibility of pharmacies and pharmacists and protect against the government's attempt to enforce arbitrary 'rules' that are not contained in any law or regulation and have never gone through any formal legislative process. Slow.” Boots Alliance said in a statement on its website. “We will not stand by and allow the government to put our pharmacists in a no-win situation and try to comply with laws that simply do not exist.”
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It continued: “Walgreens supports our pharmacists, committed health care professionals who live in the communities they serve, and fill legal prescriptions for FDA-approved drugs administered by DEA-licensed prescribers in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. “Written by applicable regulations, Walgreens has long been a leader in providing education and resources as well as implementing best practices to help combat opioid abuse and misuse.”
Walgreens added that it “looks forward to the opportunity to defend the professionalism and integrity of our pharmacists.”