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CHARLESTON – All three major drug distribution companies objected to Cabell County and Huntington attorneys bringing in an expert witness with a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration background to examine opioid data.  The City of Huntington and Cabell County sued three of the largest distribution companies – AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson Corp – in 2017, seeking the parties be held responsible for shipping over 81 million prescription pain pills into the area of 100,000 residents. Five of 77 pharmacies in Cabell County and Huntington, received over 23.2 million pills b...

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 hospita...

CHARLESTON – As the landmark federal opioid trial entered its fourth week, plaintiffs jumped into McKesson Corporation’s threshold guidelines and due diligence process.  During testimony on May 24, McKesson Corp. Director of Regulatory Affairs Michael Oriente testified that the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program was being developed as he transitioned into the DRA position.  Under CSMP, a threshold system was created for all schedule two through five substances. Oriente said customers only were permitted to receive up to the threshold number and then they would be blocked. McKesson ...

CHARLESTON – As the landmark federal opioid trial nears the end of its third week, testimony focused on Cardinal Health’s acknowledgement and regulations related to excessive controlled substance ordering.  The City of Huntington and Cabell County filed suit against three 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 pharmac...

CHARLESTON – As the landmark opioid trial continues, lawyers brought in a former AmerisourceBergen’s sales executive to ask what he knew about more than 32 million prescription pain pills being shipped to Huntington and the rest of Cabell County over an eight-year span.   The City of Huntington and the Cabell County Commission sued three of the nation’s top pharmaceutical distribution companies – AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson – in 2017 seeking compensation over claims the companies helped fuel the opioid epidemic by sending more than 81 million controlled substanc...