A Walgreens shop in Chicago, Illinois, US, February 11 2021. File picture: REUTERS/EILEEN T MESLAR
Walgreens filled one in four opioid prescriptions in Florida between 1999 and 2020, and failed to investigate red flags that could have prevented drugs from being diverted for illegal use, the state’s lawyer, Jim Webster, told jurors. Pharmacy chain rival CVS Health Corp agreed to pay $484m, while drugmakers Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will pay $194.8m, Abbvie’s Allergan unit will pay $134.2m and Endo International will pay $65m.
The company has said Florida was bound by that accord even if it now regretted the terms as a “bad bargain”.
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