CVS agrees to pay $315m to settle claims it filled unlawful opioid prescriptions that fueled America's addiction crisis

Daily Mail Health · 14 October 2026 at 18:20

CVS agrees to pay $315m to settle claims it filled unlawful opioid prescriptions that fueled America's addiction crisis

The settlement resolves a 2024 US Justice Department lawsuit accusing CVS of dispensing massive quantities of opioids since 2013.

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