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Related: About this forumCardinal Health Agrees to $44 Million Settlement for Alleged Violations of Controlled Substances Act
https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/cardinal-health-agrees-44-million-settlement-alleged-violations-controlled-substances-actDepartment of Justice
U.S. Attorneys Office
District of Maryland
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, December 23, 2016
Cardinal Health Agrees to $44 Million Settlement for Alleged Violations of Controlled Substances Act
Settlement resolves multiple investigations against Cardinal in Maryland, Florida, New York and Washington
Baltimore, Maryland Cardinal Health, Inc. agreed to pay $44,000,000 to the United States to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in Maryland, Florida and New York by failing to report suspicious orders of controlled substances to pharmacies located in those states. The settlement also resolves a civil investigation in the Western District of Washington concerning alleged violations of CSA record keeping requirements. Contemporaneously, the Southern District of New York has entered into a separate settlement agreement with Cardinal in which Cardinal agreed to resolve allegations that Kinray, Inc., a subsidiary distributor, failed to report suspicious orders by pharmacies in the Kinray service area.
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The CSA requires distributors of pharmaceuticals, such as Cardinal, to identify and report suspicious orders of controlled substances, such as orders of unusual size, unusual frequency or those that substantially deviate from a normal pattern. If the distributor fails to report suspicious orders to the DEA, civil penalties can be imposed against the distributor.
The settlement resolves allegations arising from an investigation in Maryland as well as an administrative proceeding related to conduct in Florida. According to the settlement agreement, Cardinal admitted that from January 1, 2009 to May 14, 2012, it failed to report suspicious orders to the DEA as required by the CSA. The settlement also resolves allegations that Cardinal failed to maintain effective controls against diversion.
U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended the DEAs Office of Diversion Control, Washington Division, Baltimore District Office for its work in the investigation. U.S. Attorney Rosenstein also thanked U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida A. Lee Bentley, III and Division Chief, Katherine Ho and Civil Chief, Randy Harwell; as well as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, and Assistant United States Attorney Tony Pellegrino for their collaborative work. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorney Thomas F. Corcoran, who handled the case for the District of Maryland
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Cardinal Health Agrees to $44 Million Settlement for Alleged Violations of Controlled Substances Act (Original Post)
nitpicker
Dec 2016
OP
We know damn well that all these opiates on the the street came from somewhere
elehhhhna
Dec 2016
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elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)1. We know damn well that all these opiates on the the street came from somewhere
Truckloads of OxyContin and fentanyl patches don't just disappear every day