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Nebraska to get more than $41 million in CVS, Walgreens settlement over opioids
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Nebraska will get more than $41 million as part of a nationwide settlement with CVS and Walgreens over the impact of prescriptions its pharmacies filled for powerful opioid painkillers.
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CVS and Walgreens have finalized more than $10 billion in settlements of lawsuits nationwide over the toll of the opioids their pharmacies sold. Now, it's up to states to decide
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced CVS and Walgreens will pay more than $10 billion nationwide to fight the opioid epidemic, with Connecticut receiving $127 million.
CVS and Walgreens have agreed to a combined $10.7 billion to settle allegations they failed to adequately oversee opioid prescriptions, thus contributing to America’s addiction crisis.
CVS and Walgreens have agreed to a combined $10.7 billion to settle allegations they failed to adequately oversee opioid prescriptions, thus contributing to America’s addiction crisis.
CVS would pay about $5 billion and Walgreens more than $5.5 billion, though neither company has admitted wrongdoing. States have until the end of the year to accept the terms of the settlement.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced Monday that the state is expected to receive $70.3 million as part of an agreement with CVS and Walgreens for their role in the
Pennsylvania will receive more than $450 million from two of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical chains as part of a multistate settlement related to their roles in the opioid crisis.
CVS and Walgreens have agreed to pay state and local governments a combined total of more than $10 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids and now want to know by Dec. 31 whether states are accepting the deals.
Maine will have until the end of the year to decide whether it wants to accept terms of the settlements, which will result in more than $10 billion being paid to states by the pharmacy chains.
(The Center Square) — CVS and Walgreens have agreed to pay state and local governments more than a combined $10 billion to settle lawsuits spawned by the opioid crisis.
Nebraska will get more than $41 million as part of a nationwide settlement with CVS and Walgreens over the impact of prescriptions its pharmacies filled for powerful opioid painkillers.
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