CHARLESTON — McKesson Corp. made its sales force the company’s “eyes and ears” against illegal drug diversion, all while giving them a chance to double their salaries for making sales,
CHARLESTON – Attorneys representing Cabell County and the City of Huntington probed a McKesson sales representative on warning customers of nearing threshold limits, pushing increases and pushing sales – including controlled substances.
Huntington and Cabell County sued the nation s three largest pharmaceutical distribution companies – AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson – in 2017 seeking to hold the companies accountable for their alleged part in the opioid epidemic by sending more than 540,000 opioids each month to independent and chain pharmacies – excluding hospitals and/or hospital pharmacies – located in Cabell County.
On May 25, defense attorney Eric Kennedy called Timothy Ashworth, regional sales representative with McKesson to the stand.