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edited January 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
Walgreen Co., the biggest U.S. drugstore chain, and generic drugmaker Par Pharmaceutical Cos. were accused in a lawsuit of swapping prescription-drug tablets for more expensive capsules to boost profits.

“Walgreen's and Par engaged in at least two widespread schemes to overcharge insurance companies, self-insured employers and union health and welfare funds,” the United Food & Commercial Workers Unions & Employers Midwest Health Benefits Fund said in a complaint filed Jan. 11 in federal court in Chicago.

The drugs involved included generic versions of Zantac and Prozac, according to the complaint. The fund and other third- party payers paid millions of dollars more for the capsules than they would have for the correctly prescribed tablets, said the fund, which is seeking to sue on behalf of all third-party payers in the U.S. from 2001 to 2006.

The companies' actions violated federal racketeering laws, according to the complaint. The fund is asking for unspecified cash damages.

Vivika Panagiotakakos, a spokeswoman for Deerfield-based Walgreen, declined to comment on the filing.

In 2008, Walgreen agreed to pay $35 million to settle claims by the U.S. and 42 states that it was overcharging state Medicaid programs for ranitidine -- a generic form of the antacid Zantac -- and for fluoxetine, a generic form of the antidepressant Prozac.

The Chicago case relies in part on that accord, which ended a 2003 whistle-blower lawsuit as well a lawsuit filed against the drugmaker in 2006.

The media relations department of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey-based Par didn't immediately reply to an e-mailed request for comment on the suit after regular business hours yesterday.
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  • JTHJTH Posts: 3,238
    Which one?
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    both.
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  • Monster RainMonster Rain Posts: 1,415
    I would never take my prescriptions to Walgreens. I hate their awful stores to begin with but this story is just one more reason to avoid that place like the plague.
  • Jamminonthe1Jamminonthe1 Posts: 1,243
    I assumed this thread was going to be about 10C. :oops:
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    but ... it wasn't the cashier's fault or stockroom peeps?


    i kid ... carry on ... :D
  • number1PJfannumber1PJfan Posts: 3,748
    One of the locally owned pharmacies in my town has on their sign "Welcome Walgreen's customers". We do currently have a Walgreen's in our town. We will see for how long.
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,823
    81 wrote:
    both.


    So happy I don't work for them anymore...
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    Indifference71 wrote:
    81 wrote:
    both.


    So happy I don't work for them anymore...


    :lol:

    i was waiting for you to show up. congrads on your new gig.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,869
    Where will I be able to buy Chia Pets and Pen Sets on December 23rd?
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,823
    81 wrote:


    :lol:

    i was waiting for you to show up. congrads on your new gig.


    Not exactly a new gig...our department was sold to a new company. Still in the same position, but definitely a change for the better.
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