July 10, 2024
Rite Aid agreed to a nearly $410 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the bulk of which will be an unsecured claim in the company's Chapter 11 case, that will put to bed allegations the pharmacy chain dispensed opioids illegally, the DOJ announced Wednesday.
June 13, 2023
Pharmacy chain giant Rite Aid urged an Ohio federal court to throw out a high-profile suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged improper opioid dispensing, saying the government's claims that it filled hundreds of thousands of invalid prescriptions are "hyperbolic."
March 13, 2023
The U.S. government stepped into an opioid whistleblower lawsuit in Ohio federal court Monday, accusing Rite Aid Corp. of knowingly filling hundreds of thousands of illegal prescriptions, including for oxycodone and fentanyl.