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Walmart will pay $50 million to settle federal claims that its pharmacies filled invalid opioid prescriptions.

Political Guyentist · August 30, 20261 min read

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

The Justice Department said the agreement also requires a reporting hotline, monitoring of pharmacy dispensing and review of suspect prescribers. The settlement resolves allegations, not a finding of liability; the lawsuit was filed in 2020.

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