CVS and Walgreens have agreed to pay more than $10 billion to settle a raft of lawsuits by states, cities and tribes over the nation’s opioid crisis. The companies said the deal wasn’t an admission of guilt
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The two largest U.S. drugstore chains said they reached a framework to settle the collection of lawsuits brought by governments and Native American tribes blaming pharmacies for helping fuel
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