STAT Plus: California slams AmerisourceBergen over opioid shipments to pharmacies
The California Board of Pharmacy cancelled a wholesale license for AmerisourceBergen (ABC) and fined the distributor for shipping “excessive” amounts of opioids and other controlled substances to pharmacies. The company was also cited for failing to report suspicious orders to authorities.
From 2010 through 2015, two facilities in Sacramento and Valencia, Calif., sold large quantities of such medicines as oxycodone; Norco, which is a mixture of acetaminophen and hydrocodone; Phenergan with codeine syrup, which is a combination narcotic and cough suppressant; and other medicines to several different pharmacies, according to a decision posted on the board website.
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