Just months after a federal judge approved a U.S. Justice Department settlement in November finalizing CVS Health Corp.’s nearly $70 billion acquisition of Aetna Inc. over the antitrust concerns of some medical and consumer groups, the health care giant is facing the biggest public health crisis the United States and arguably the world has faced in decades: the global COVID-19 pandemic. 

Thomas Moriarty, the Woonsocket, Rhode Island, company’s top lawyer, is guiding CVS through the thicket of complex legal and regulatory issues the company now faces from the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus, which is not only taking a big toll in lives but also disrupting business operations and supply chains of medical equipment and drugs on several continents.