Drug Companies Pay West Virginia $36 Million over Painkiller Lawsuits
West Virginia, the state with the highest rate of prescription drug overdoses in the country, has just settled two multi-million dollar lawsuits with prescription drug distributors. On December 28, 2016, the state’s largest and third-largest prescription drug distributors, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen, will pay the state $20 million and $16 million respectively. The settlement, which…
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