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Drug giant Cardinal Health plans to offer an apology for shipping an excessive number of opioids to two pharmacies in Southern West Virginia, according to prepared remarks released Monday. Cardinal Health Executive Chairman George... Published: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 Words: 779
Cardinal Health, a drug company being sued by the state Attorney General's Office for allegedly shipping excessive quantities of pain pills to Southern West Virginia, removed former U.S. Sen. Carte Goodwin as its lawyer on the case... Published: Sunday, August 04, 2013 Words: 963
MADISON - Four out-of-state drug companies must disclose their shipments of prescription pills to West Virginia pharmacies over the past five years, a Boone County judge ruled Thursday. The drug wholesalers had resisted turning over... Published: Friday, October 25, 2013 Words: 677
Out-of-state drug wholesalers this week officially asked a Boone County judge to keep under wraps a court filing that includes information about the number of pain pills the companies have shipped to West Virginia. The 11 drug distributors... Published: Sunday, May 03, 2015 Words: 486
A powerful drug that's sometimes laced with heroin is driving West Virginia overdose deaths to record levels. Fatal overdoses related to fentanyl, an opioid that's 100 times stronger than prescription morphine, nearly tripled last... Published: Sunday, March 27, 2016 Words: 709
The nation's largest drug wholesalers are asking a Boone County judge to hold a closed-door hearing where they promise to explain why they want to keep secret 18 words in a lawsuit filed against them. Twelve days ago, Circuit Judge... Published: Thursday, May 19, 2016 Words: 533
Prescription drug distributor H.D. Smith Wholesale Drug Co. has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a 4-year-old lawsuit that alleges the company failed to report suspicious orders from West Virginia pharmacies, state officials announced... Published: Wednesday, January 04, 2017 Words: 438
A dozen prescription drug distributors have been put on notice that their recent settlements with the state won't block the Kanawha County Commission and City of Charleston from filing a separate lawsuit against the companies. Kanawha... Published: Sunday, January 08, 2017 Words: 545
A drug being touted as a safer alternative for treating pain than more powerful prescription opioids is contributing to an increasing number of overdose deaths in West Virginia. The number of fatal overdoses related to the nerve-pain... Published: Sunday, January 22, 2017 Words: 635
During the years drug firms poured millions of highly addictive pain pills into West Virginia amid a rise of overdose deaths, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had a shortage of leadership in the state, according to a DEA official.... Published: Sunday, February 19, 2017 Words: 854
