Violation Tracker Summary for Primary Offense Type
Offense Type:
Controlled Substances Act violation
Penalty Total since 2000:
$4,226,552,056
Number of Penalty Records:
159
Note:
The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
Mallinckrodt | $1,635,000,000 | 2 |
Reckitt Benckiser | $1,347,000,000 | 2 |
CVS Health | $276,792,500 | 16 |
Purdue Pharma | $271,122,787 | 3 |
McKesson | $200,250,000 | 3 |
Cardinal Health | $99,150,000 | 6 |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | $86,800,000 | 2 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance | $80,700,000 | 3 |
United Parcel Service | $40,000,000 | 1 |
Rochester Drug Co-Operative | $20,360,000 | 2 |
Individual Penalty Records:
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Company |
Parent |
Parent Major Industry |
Year |
Agency |
Penalty Amount |
Mallinckrodt |
Mallinckrodt |
pharmaceuticals |
2020 |
MULTI-AG |
$1,600,000,000 |
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc |
Reckitt Benckiser |
household and personal care products |
2019 |
USAO |
$1,347,000,000 |
Purdue Pharma |
Purdue Pharma |
pharmaceuticals |
2019 |
OK-AG |
$270,000,000 |
Reckitt Benckiser Group |
Reckitt Benckiser |
household and personal care products |
2019 |
MULTI-AG |
(*) $200,000,000 |
McKesson Corporation |
McKesson |
wholesalers |
2017 |
DEA |
$150,000,000 |
Teva Pharmaceuticals |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries |
pharmaceuticals |
2019 |
OK-AG |
$85,000,000 |
Walgreens Corporation |
Walgreens Boots Alliance |
retailing |
2013 |
DEA |
$80,000,000 |
CVS Pharmacy, Inc |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2010 |
DEA |
$77,600,000 |
CVS Pharmacy Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2010 |
USAO |
$77,600,000 |
Omnicare, Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2012 |
DEA |
$50,000,000 |
United Parcel Service |
United Parcel Service |
freight and logistics |
2013 |
USAO |
$40,000,000 |
McKesson Corporation |
McKesson |
wholesalers |
2019 |
WV-AG |
$37,000,000 |
Mallinckrodt LLC |
Mallinckrodt |
pharmaceuticals |
2017 |
DEA |
$35,000,000 |
Cardinal Health |
Cardinal Health |
wholesalers |
2016 |
DEA |
$34,000,000 |
Cardinal Health |
Cardinal Health |
wholesalers |
2008 |
USAO |
$34,000,000 |
CVS Health |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2015 |
USAO |
$22,000,000 |
Morris & Dickson Company LLC |
|
|
2019 |
USAO |
$22,000,000 |
Rochester Drug Co-Operative, Inc. |
Rochester Drug Co-Operative |
wholesalers |
2019 |
USAO |
$20,000,000 |
Cardinal Health |
Cardinal Health |
wholesalers |
2017 |
WV-AG |
$20,000,000 |
Universal Pharmacy Solutions Inc. |
|
|
2007 |
USAO |
$18,773,000 |
AmerisourceBergen |
AmerisourceBergen |
wholesalers |
2017 |
WV-AG |
$16,000,000 |
Omnicare Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2020 |
DEA |
$15,300,000 |
McKesson Corp. |
McKesson |
wholesalers |
2008 |
DOJ_CIVIL |
$13,250,000 |
King Soopers |
Kroger |
retailing |
2005 |
USAO |
$13,000,000 |
Costco Wholesale |
Costco |
retailing |
2017 |
DEA |
$11,750,000 |
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2013 |
DEA |
$11,000,000 |
Kinray LLC |
Cardinal Health |
wholesalers |
2016 |
USAO |
$10,000,000 |
Endo Pharmaceuticals |
Endo International |
pharmaceuticals |
2020 |
OK-AG |
$8,750,000 |
CVS Pharmacy Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2016 |
USAO |
$8,000,000 |
Rite Aid Corporation |
Rite Aid |
retailing |
2009 |
DOJ_CIVIL |
$5,000,000 |
Rite Aid Corporation |
Rite Aid |
retailing |
2009 |
DEA |
$5,000,000 |
CVS Pharmacy Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2017 |
USAO |
$5,000,000 |
University of Michigan Health System |
Michigan Medicine |
healthcare services |
2018 |
USAO |
$4,300,000 |
Value Drug Inc. |
|
|
2014 |
USAO |
$4,000,000 |
Rite Aid Corporation |
Rite Aid |
retailing |
2018 |
USAO |
$4,000,000 |
CVS Pharmacy Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2016 |
USAO |
$3,500,000 |
H.D. Smith Wholesale Drug Co. |
|
|
2017 |
WV-AG |
$3,500,000 |
Darien Pharmacy |
|
|
2019 |
USAO |
$3,100,000 |
Safeway division of Albertson's Companies |
Albertsons Companies |
retailing |
2017 |
DEA |
$3,000,000 |
Express Scripts, Inc. |
Cigna |
healthcare services |
2012 |
DEA |
$2,750,000 |
Miami-Luken |
|
|
2016 |
WV-AG |
$2,500,000 |
Massachusetts General Hospital |
Partners HealthCare |
healthcare services |
2015 |
USAO |
$2,300,000 |
St.Vincent Hospital |
Ascension Health |
healthcare services |
2007 |
DEA |
$2,000,000 |
Genco Pharmaceuticals |
|
|
2017 |
USAO |
$2,000,000 |
Judy's Drug Store |
|
|
2014 |
USAO |
$2,000,000 |
P.F. Laboratories Inc. |
|
|
2004 |
USAO |
$2,000,000 |
Natural Advantage LLC |
|
|
2020 |
USAO |
$1,938,650 |
CVS Pharmacy Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2014 |
USAO |
$1,912,500 |
Anda |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries |
pharmaceuticals |
2016 |
WV-AG |
$1,800,000 |
Tailor Made Compounding LLC |
|
|
2020 |
USAO |
$1,788,906 |
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2018 |
USAO |
$1,500,000 |
Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. and Purdue Pharma, L.P. |
Purdue Pharma |
pharmaceuticals |
2007 |
NV-AG |
$1,047,787 |
Cedar Pharmacy |
|
|
2015 |
USAO |
$1,000,000 |
COFII Corp., d/b/a Lam's Pharmacy |
|
|
2012 |
USAO |
$1,000,000 |
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2018 |
USAO |
$1,000,000 |
FF Acquisition, Inc. (Farm Fresh) |
|
|
2019 |
USAO |
$1,000,000 |
Harvard Drug Group |
Cardinal Health |
wholesalers |
2016 |
WV-AG |
$1,000,000 |
Albertsons Osco Pharmacy #60 |
Albertsons Companies |
retailing |
2020 |
USAO |
$1,000,000 |
Cache Valley Cancer Treatment and Research Clinic |
|
|
2015 |
USAO |
$950,000 |
NBTY, Inc. |
Carlyle Group |
private equity (including portfolio companies) |
2004 |
USAO |
$950,000 |
Drug City Pharmacy Inc. |
|
|
2016 |
USAO |
$900,000 |
Kaiser Foundation Health System Inc. |
Kaiser Permanente |
healthcare services |
2017 |
DEA |
$850,000 |
Associated Pharmacies |
|
|
2016 |
WV-AG |
$850,000 |
Rite Aid Corporation |
Rite Aid |
retailing |
2017 |
DEA |
$834,200 |
Bellco Drug Corporation |
AmerisourceBergen |
wholesalers |
2007 |
USAO |
$800,000 |
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2016 |
MA-AG |
$795,000 |
St. Anthony Midtown Ambulatory Surgical Center |
|
|
2011 |
USAO |
$765,000 |
Mississippi Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, PLLC |
|
|
2016 |
USAO |
$726,000 |
Golden Gate Pharmacy Holdings |
|
|
2017 |
USAO |
$712,250 |
CVS Pharmacy Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2016 |
USAO |
$600,000 |
Farmville Discount Drug Inc. |
|
|
2020 |
USAO |
$600,000 |
Larry's Drive-In Pharmacy |
|
|
2018 |
WV-AG |
$550,000 |
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2019 |
DEA |
$535,000 |
Perry County Treatment Center, LLC et al. |
|
|
2014 |
USAO |
$525,000 |
Johnson & Johnson |
Johnson & Johnson |
pharmaceuticals |
2008 |
USAO |
$511,000 |
Abington Memorial Hospital |
Jefferson Health |
healthcare services |
2017 |
USAO |
$510,000 |
The Prescription Shop |
|
|
2012 |
DEA |
$500,000 |
Masters Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
|
|
2009 |
DEA |
$500,000 |
Walgreens Arizona Drug Co. |
Walgreens Boots Alliance |
retailing |
2011 |
USAO |
$500,000 |
CVS Health Corp. |
CVS Health |
retailing |
2015 |
USAO |
$450,000 |
Sterigenics International LLC |
Warburg Pincus |
private equity (including portfolio companies) |
2015 |
USAO |
$450,000 |
Aracoma Drug Company |
|
|
2015 |
USAO |
$450,000 |
Trinity Pharmacy |
|
|
2017 |
USAO |
$400,000 |
J.M. Smith Corporation |
|
|
2016 |
WV-AG |
$400,000 |
Rochester Drug Cooperative |
Rochester Drug Co-Operative |
wholesalers |
2015 |
USAO |
$360,000 |
Olde Philly Pharmacy |
|
|
2019 |
USAO |
$350,000 |
Stadtlander Operating Company, LLC, and PharMerica Drug Systems, Inc. |
|
|
2002 |
USAO |
$350,000 |
Meadowbrook Health Services |
|
|
2020 |
USAO |
$330,000 |
KeySource Medical Inc. |
|
|
2012 |
USAO |
$320,000 |
Town & Country Drug, Inc. |
|
|
2020 |
USAO |
$320,000 |
Generics Bidco |
|
|
2015 |
USAO |
$300,000 |
Rite Aid |
Rite Aid |
retailing |
2018 |
RI-AG |
$300,000 |
H-E-B |
H-E-B Grocery |
retailing |
2014 |
USAO |
$262,500 |
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance |
|
|
2016 |
USAO |
$250,000 |
MedZone Pharmacy |
|
|
2014 |
USAO |
$250,000 |
Neighborhood Pharmacy |
|
|
2014 |
USAO |
$250,000 |
KeySource Medical |
|
|
2016 |
WV-AG |
$250,000 |
Quest Pharmaceuticals |
|
|
2016 |
WV-AG |
$250,000 |
Maryland Medical System |
|
|
2005 |
USAO |
$250,000 |
Caduceus USA Medical Pharmacy, LLC |
|
|
2020 |
DEA |
$250,000 |
Caduceus USA Medical Pharmacy, LLC |
|
|
2020 |
USAO |
$250,000 |
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(*): Some penalties are partial or complete duplicates of other penalty records, either because a DOJ settlement duplicates an agency record or because EPA listed the full penalty for a company for each of the company's relevant facilities. Penalty amounts marked with an asterisk have been identified by Good Jobs First as duplicating other penalty amounts.