AmerisourceBergen and two of its subsidiaries were charged in a civil complaint with ignoring red flags that suggested several pharmacies were diverting opioids to illicit markets.
The complaint said AmerisourceBergen reported few suspicious orders and continued to supply the pharmacies for years.
The complaint included several examples, including two pharmacies, one in Florida and one in West Virginia, for which AmerisourceBergen knew the drugs it distributed were likely being sold in parking lots for cash. A Fort Lee, New Jersey pharmacy has pleaded guilty to unlawfully selling controlled substances. At another New Jersey pharmacy in Trenton, the pharmacist-in-charge has been indicted for drug diversion.
"When drug distributors like AmerisourceBergen fail to alert the DEA of suspicious orders of prescription drugs by pharmacies, they shirk a key obligation in dealing with addictive drugs that can end lives," said U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan for the District of Colorado.
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