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An executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals flagged Publix Super Markets in October 2015 after detecting what he called in an email "serious red flags" with the grocery chain's orders of powerful opioids.
As national prescription drug distributors and pharmacies restricted the flow of oxycodone and other painkillers in response to the growing opioid crisis, Florida’s most popular grocery store ramped up its sales and distribution of the highly addictive drugs, according to a Tampa Bay Times analysis of federal data.
As chain pharmacies restricted the flow of oxycodone and other painkillers during the opioid crisis, Publix ramped up sales of the highly addictive drugs.
View the Key West Citizen for Saturday, September 2, 2023
For decades, there’s been a brutal tug of war over medical malpractice in Florida. On one side, the often-villainized trial attorneys who have caught criticism for taking massive cuts of settlements meant to help injured patients. On the other, the army of insurance, corporate health-care and medical providers’ lobbyists who consistently seek to restrict victims of malpractice from claiming ...