CVS agrees to pay $315 million to settle Justice Department case over opioid prescriptions

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Health · the U.S. · October 13, 2026

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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."

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