DOJ officials say the drug wholesaler could face 'billions of dollars' in penalties for failing to report diversion of prescription opioid pain medications shipped to pharmacies across the U.S.
The addiction crisis has killed more than a million people in the U.S., with fatal overdoses claiming 107,000 lives last year alone.
"Companies distributing opioids are required to report suspicious orders to federal law enforcement," said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, in a statement."AmerisourceBergen which sold billions of units of prescription opioids over the past decade repeatedly failed to comply with that requirement," she added.
The DOJ also alleges two people in Colorado who improperly received opioid pills shipped by the company"subsequently died of overdoses."The company accused the Justice Department of"cherry picking" alleged problems that existed at a handful of pharmacies out the tens of thousands of pharmacies served by the company.
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