CVS Pharmacy, which operates the largest number of retail pharmacies in the U.S., has agreed to pay more than $77 million to settle charges that it illegally sold pseudoephedrine to methamphetamine traffickers, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Pseudoephedrine, found in over-the-counter cough and cold medications, is used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine. CVS will pay $75 million in civil penalties -- the largest civil penalty ever paid under the Controlled Substances Act -- and forfeit $2.6 million in profits.
October 15, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
CVS Pharmacy Inc., which operates the largest number of retail pharmacies in the nation, has agreed to pay more than $77 million to settle charges that it illegally sold pseudoephedrine to methamphetamine traffickers, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Pseudoephedrine, found in over-the-counter cough and cold medications, is used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine.
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