CHARLESTON – As the landmark federal opioid trial entered its fourth week, plaintiffs jumped into McKesson Corporation’s threshold guidelines and due diligence process.
During testimony on May 24, McKesson Corp. Director of Regulatory Affairs Michael Oriente testified that the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program was being developed as he transitioned into the DRA position.
Under CSMP, a threshold system was created for all schedule two through five substances. Oriente said customers only were permitted to receive up to the threshold number and then they would be blocked. McKesson had a three-level review process to determine if the order was suspicious. Faber
McKesson distribution centers are sectioned into four districts and have five DRA positions, according to Oriente.
CHARLESTON â Emails between McKesson employees showed the drug firmâs directors would sometimes approve 80 pharmacy requests to increase opioid shipment limits per day, all while the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2008 reported finding 4,600 suspicious order violations within the corporation.
Testimony over the communication was heard Monday at a federal trial born out of Cabell County and Huntingtonâs accusations the âBig Threeâ drug wholesalers â AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson â fueled the regionâs opioid crisis by sending an excessive 127.9 million opiate doses into the region from 2006 to 2014 before a reduction in the pills shipped made users turn to illicit drugs.
The defendants point to the DEA, doctors and West Virginiansâ poor health as the culprits.
1,542 people have died, 6 more than yesterday’s total 5,935 people have been hospitalized, 9 more than yesterday’s total 1,054,882 people have been tested, 1,595 more than yesterday’s total
ONE WEEK AGO: Last Saturday, those numbers were 98,504/1,526/5,853/1,039,969.
STATEWIDE NUMBERS: See them here.
WORLDWIDE NUMBERS: 157.2 million people have tested positive, and more than 3,278,000 people have died; U.S. deaths exceed 576,000. Most cases: U.S., India, Brazil, France, Turkey (same as last week). See the breakdown, nation by nation, here.
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Rite Aid vaccination clinic opens at Cal Poly
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Rite Aid is hosting a vaccination clinic on the Cal Poly campus starting Thursday, April 29.
The clinic will serve students, faculty, staff and local community members 16 years and older.
The clinic is located in Room 220 on the second floor of the University Union, building 65.
First-dose appointments can be scheduled starting April, 29, second-dose appointments can be scheduled starting May 20. Weekend appointments are also available.
To register, visit this link. Visit Rite Aids vaccination scheduling page and use zip code 93407 to see appointments happening on Cal Poly s campus.
Holy Moly.
This is just great news. I mean tomorrow the news could be different like we re all being introduced to the alien family that s been keeping tabs on us since the pandemic hit! Surprise!
Do you remember when all of a sudden there was a ton of information coming out about pilots seeing unexplained objects flying with them? Or confirmed UFOs from the very top. There was going to be that whole raid on Area 51. The running with the hands flat back thing seems like ages ago but it was just last year. So much has happened so for sanity s purposes I am just trying to live in the moment and roll with what each day brings.