The Justice Dept. is suing one of the nation's largest corporations, drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen, for allegedly fueling the nation's deadly opioid crisis. It could face 'billions of dollars' in penalties.
Federal prosecutors say the drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen Corp. failed to report suspicious orders for opioids. The company says the government"cherry picked" possible violations.
The addiction crisis has killed more than a million people in the U.S., with fatal overdoses claiming 107,000 lives last year alone.According to the DOJ, AmerisourceBergen and two of its subsidiaries could face penalties running into the billions of dollars. "AmerisourceBergen which sold billions of units of prescription opioids over the past decade repeatedly failed to comply with that requirement," she added.
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