Big Pharmacy Chains Also Fed the Opioid Epidemic, Court Filing Says

The complaint also details the chains’ full-throated participation in trade groups that lobbied Congress to pass the 2016 Marino bill, which curtailed the D.E.A.’s ability to immediately suspend the registration of a manufacturer, distributor or pharmacy. CVS, along with Cardinal Health, a distributor, and Teva, a manufacturer of generic opioids, worked through a lobbying group called the Alliance to Prevent the Abuse of Medicines, which often cloaked individual corporate identity.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/health/opioids-pharmacy-cvs-litigation.html