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PicklePanther9000 t1_j2970ca wrote

Seems kinda shaky to me. ABC (a logistics provider essentially) is responsible for investigating pharmacies they think are overprescribing? Is fedex responsible for people shipping fraudulent goods?

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tetoffens t1_j2991bv wrote

No, that's not what this is. FedEx doesn't know what is in your box. ABC knows because they put it in the box. ABC is a drug wholesaler. They are meant to have an internal system monitoring if orders being placed for sensitive drugs are suspicious. Something like a pharmacy ordering a controlled substance more frequently or in higher quantities than would normally be expected. These should be flagged and reported. But as the article says: The lawsuit also alleged AmerisourceBergen intentionally altered its own internal monitoring system to limit the alert system.

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AfraidStill2348 t1_j298lrz wrote

"...accusing the pharmaceutical giant of helping fuel the opioid epidemic by allegedly repeatedly failing to report suspicious orders of opioids for nearly a decade."

This is about a specific law they were breaking.

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