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Florida Attorney General Announces $683M Opioid Settlement with Walgreens

May 5, 2022
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced on May 5 that the state has reached a $683 million settlement with Walgreens over the drugstore chain’s role in the opioid crisis. “After four weeks of the state putting on … evidence how Walgreens played a role in this epidemic … the white flag was raised,…

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Florida Attorney General Announces $683 Million Opioid Settlement with Walgreens

May 5, 2022
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced on May 5 that the state has reached a $683 million settlement with Walgreens over the drugstore chain’s role in the opioid crisis. “After four weeks of the state putting on … evidence how Walgreens played a role in this epidemic … the white flag was raised,…

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Amazon Limits At-home COVID-19 Test Kits Due to Surge in Demand

December 23, 2021
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Amazon has restricted shoppers from purchasing more than 10 units of COVID-19 test kits following similar actions from other major retailers as the highly-transmissible Omicron variant is now reported to be the dominant strain in the United States. As of Dec. 18, more than 73 percent of new infections are now from the Omicron variant,…

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Pharmacy Chains Go on Trial in 1st Case Over US Opioid Epidemic

October 5, 2021
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CLEVELAND—A lawyer for two Ohio counties told a federal jury on Monday at the start of a closely watched opioid trial that oversight failures by four large pharmacy operators including CVS Health Corp and Walmart Inc. helped fuel the deadly U.S. health crisis. Mark Lanier told a federal jury in Cleveland hearing on the first…

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Walgreens Boots Heaps Bonuses, Rewards for Pharmacists Amid Labor Shortage

September 18, 2021
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Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. will give a one-time bonus of $1,250 to its full-time pharmacists and a $1,000 payment to part-time pharmacists, the drugstore chain said on Friday, as major retailers try to retain people amid intense labor shortage. The company said certified or to-be certified pharmacy technicians who are responsible for administering flu and…

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