CVS Could Be Fined Millions in Case of Missing Painkillers

CVS Caremark could be fined for allegedly losing track of hydrocodone pills at four California stores
March 11, 2014

CVS Caremark Corp. could be fined as much as $29 million for allegedly losing track of prescription painkillers at four of its California stores, from which authorities said thousands of pills may have been sold on the black market. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the California Board of Pharmacy said more than 37,000 pills were apparently taken from CVS stores in Modesto, Fairfield, Dixon and Turlock. Read the full LA Times story

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