CVS settles $11 million Oklahoma case

CVS Pharmacy Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to settle allegations that their pharmacies here violated record-keeping requirements of the Controlled Substances Act.

U.S. Attorney Sanford Coats in the state capitol announced the settlement deal yesterday.

CVS acknowledged that its stores must comply with the record-keeping requirements, but the company did not admit to any wrongdoing.

The allegations against CVS included that some of its stores created false Drug Enforcement Administration registration numbers that were sometimes provided to state prescription drug monitoring programs.

There are 46 CVS stores here in Oklahoma.