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Article: Cardinal Health Inc., Agrees to Pay $34 Million to Settle Claims That it Failed to Report Suspicious Sales of Widely-Abused Controlled Substances
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 2, 2008
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2007, TDD +1-202-
514-1888
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cardinal Health
Inc., one of the nation's largest distributors of pharmaceutical
drugs, has agreed to settle allegations that it violated federal
reporting provisions relating to its handling of certain controlled
substances regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Under the agreement between the company and seven U.S. Attorney's
Offices, Cardinal Health agreed to pay $34,000,000 in civil
penalties for alleged violations of its obligations under the
Controlled Substances Act.
Cardinal Health, which operates 27 DEA-registered ...