Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis
Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general has sued pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts. The lawsuit claims the company was at the center of an opioid dispensing chain that fueled a deadly addiction crisis. Russell Coleman filed the lawsuit this week in state court. It contends that Express Scripts and its affiliated organizations colluded with opioid manufacturers in deceptive marketing schemes to increase sales of the addictive drugs. The suit says the result was an epidemic of overdoses and deaths caused by an oversupply of opioids. It says companies sought to profit at the expense of the public. Express Scripts didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
