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The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Walgreens this week, accusing the company of knowingly filling illegal Prescriptions Without any medical purpose, including opioids.
Walgreens is accused of filling millions of illegal prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act and then attempting to obtain federal reimbursement for the prescriptions through various federal health care programs. False Claims ActAccording to the nationwide lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois,
“This lawsuit seeks to maintain Walgreens “It has failed for years to meet its obligations while distributing dangerous opioids and other drugs,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, who heads the Justice Department’s civil division, said in a statement.
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Boynton said, “Our complaint alleges that Walgreens pharmacists filled millions of prescriptions for a controlled substance with clear red flags indicating that the prescriptions were highly likely to be illegal, and that Walgreens systematically under-distributed the drug to its pharmacists. Pressured to fill prescriptions, including controlled substance prescriptions. These practices diverted millions of opioid pills and other controlled substances from Walgreens stores. Allowed to exit illegally.”
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A Walgreens store in Homestead, Florida. (Joe Riddle/Getty Images/Getty Images)
The lawsuit alleges that the illegal prescription filling began in August 2012 and has continued.
“Dangerous and overdosage of opioids” and an even more dangerous “combination of drugs known as the ‘Trinity’, composed of an opioid, a benzodiazepine, and a muscle relaxant,” are among the millions of illegal prescriptions. Were, according to the complaint.
It also alleged that the store ignored “substantial evidence” from multiple sources that illegal prescriptions were being filled, “including its own pharmacists and internal data.”
Walgreens in response Said that it needs clarification from the court.
A merchandise aisle at a Walgreens store in New York City. (Lindsay Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images/Getty Images)
“We are asking the court to clarify the responsibilities of pharmacies and pharmacists and protect them from the government’s attempt to impose arbitrary ‘rules’ that do not appear in any law or regulation and were never intended to result in any official rulemaking. Have not gone through the process,” the company, Walgreens Boots Alliance, said in a statement on its website. “We will not stand by and allow the government to put our pharmacists in a disadvantageous position by trying to follow ‘rules’ that don’t exist.”
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It added, “Walgreens stands behind our pharmacists, dedicated health care professionals who live in the communities they serve, to dispense FDA-approved medications written by DEA-licensed prescribers in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Walgreens has long been a leader in providing education and resources as well as best-in-class policies and procedures to help combat opioid abuse and misuse. To implement.”
Walgreens said it “looks forward to the opportunity to protect the professionalism and integrity of our pharmacists.”
