October 13, 2026
CVS Pharmacy Inc., the nation's largest pharmacy chain, has agreed to pay $315 million and implement certain safeguards to resolve claims that it knowingly filled invalid prescriptions for powerful opioids for years and sought payment through federal healthcare programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
April 02, 2025
CVS Pharmacy Inc. has told a Rhode Island federal judge that most of the U.S. Department of Justice's claims that it knowingly filed invalid prescriptions for opioids should be tossed, saying the agency failed to adequately allege the company willfully put profits over safety.
December 18, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a suit Wednesday accusing CVS, the nation's largest pharmacy chain, of knowingly filling invalid prescriptions for powerful opioids and ignoring internal pleas from its pharmacists as it allegedly put profits over safety.