India, April 22 -- Walgreens Boots Alliance and its units have agreed to pay up to $350 million as it settles with the Justice Department and other federal agencies the allegations of illegally filling unlawful opioid prescriptions and submitting false claims to the Federal Government.
In a statement, the DoJ, together with the Drug Enforcement Administration or DEA and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General or HHS-OIG announced that Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreen Co., and various subsidiaries will pay $300 million to resolve allegations of failing to meet its obligations when dispensing dangerous opioids and other drugs for years.
Walgreens will owe the U.S. an additional $50 million if the company is sol...