CVS agrees to pay $315 million to settle Justice Department case over opioid prescriptions
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October 14, 2026
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WASHINGTON (AP) — CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve a Justice Department case alleging it unlawfully dispensed medically unnecessary prescriptions of highly addictive opioids, officials said Tuesday.
The settlement resolves a lawsuit brought in 2024 that accused the healthcare giant of providing massive amounts of opioids and other controlled substances “to fuel its own profits at the expense of public health and safety.”
It’s the latest effort by the federal government to hold accountable companies that officials have alleged helped fuel the US addiction and overdose crisis.
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