Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 23:22:47 GMT -6
Five prescription drug distributors have agreed to pay a combined $4.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging they helped fuel West Virginia’s ongoing problem with opioid painkillers, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office announced Thursday.
Over five years, the drug companies shipped 22 million hydrocodone pills and 7.6 million oxycodone tablets to West Virginia, according to the lawsuit.
“The lawsuit alleged each of those companies distributed far fewer pills than some other defendants in the case,” Morrisey’s office said in a release.
Now that the companies have settled, they won’t have to reveal information about pain-pill shipments to specific pharmacies in Southern West Virginia, according to a Boone County judge’s ruling issued last month.
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news-cops-and-courts/20160623/five-drug-firms-to-pay-42m-in-wv-pill-mill-suit
Over five years, the drug companies shipped 22 million hydrocodone pills and 7.6 million oxycodone tablets to West Virginia, according to the lawsuit.
“The lawsuit alleged each of those companies distributed far fewer pills than some other defendants in the case,” Morrisey’s office said in a release.
Now that the companies have settled, they won’t have to reveal information about pain-pill shipments to specific pharmacies in Southern West Virginia, according to a Boone County judge’s ruling issued last month.
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news-cops-and-courts/20160623/five-drug-firms-to-pay-42m-in-wv-pill-mill-suit