Ran across this warning for those who pick up their prescriptions at Walgreen, expecting to be given the generic brands their physicians have ordered for them:
"The complaint, filed by the United Food and Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midwest Health and Pension Fund, alleges that Walgreen, the largest U.S. drugstore chain, violated federal racketeering laws.
"'Starting April 1999 through December, 2006, Par (Pharmaceutical Cos Inc) and Walgreen conspired to increase their profit through at least two schemes to illegally fill prescriptions with Par's higher-priced products rather than the specific drugs prescribed by physicians,' the complaint alleged."
Lawsuit file here: http://www.wexlerwallace.com/wp.../2012-01-11-UFCW-Complaint.pdf
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