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A Walgreens in San Francisco in 2006. A federal judge has ruled that the pharmacy giant helped fuel the opioid crisis in the Bay Area. (Ben Margot / Associated Press) By Summer Lin Staff Writer .
Walgreens has agreed to pay nearly $230 million to San Francisco to settle claims that the pharmacy giant fueled the opioid epidemic that has plagued the city for decades. The settlement, which ...
San Francisco said on Wednesday it reached a $230 million settlement with Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc over its role in the city’s opioid epidemic. CNN values your feedback 1.
San Francisco in 2018 sued Walgreens and drug manufacturers and distributors over the city's worsening opioid epidemic, saying they created a "public nuisance" by flooding the city with ...
Walgreens has agreed to pay San Francisco nearly $230 million for its role in the city's opioid crisis, making it the largest award to a local jurisdiction since the start of the opioid epidemic.
Marc Rabideau, a longtime San Francisco resident, went to the same Walgreens at the corner of 17th Avenue and Geary Boulevard ...
Walgreens is closing a dozen locations across San Francisco, which could impact access to medicine for residents. A ...
A federal judge found Walgreens liable for “substantially contributing to the opioid epidemic in San Francisco.” From 2006 to 2014, San Francisco County saw 163,645,704 opioids distributed ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Walgreens will close 12 stores in San Francisco next month. In a statement to KRON4, the company cited “increased regulatory and reimbursement pressures” weighing on ...
Breyer found that Walgreens’ San Francisco pharmacies had received more than 1.2 million opioid prescriptions with “red flags” from 2006 to 2020, yet performed due diligence on less than 5% ...