Friday, 16 February 2018

In two years, drug giant McKesson shipped 5 million pain pills to town of 400, House panel says

In two years, drug giant McKesson shipped 5 million pain pills to town of 400, House panel says

In just two years, drug giant McKesson Corp. shipped nearly 5 million prescription painkillers to a single pharmacy in a Southern West Virginia town with 400 residents, according to a letter released Thursday by a congressional committee investigating the opioid epidemic. McKesson, which ranks No. 5 in the Fortune 500, supplied more than 184,000 hydrocodone pills a month to a drive-thru pharmacy in Kermit in 2006 and 2007, the House Energy & Commerce disclosed in the letter.
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