Cardinal Health Blocked From Shipping Painkiller in Florida
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Cardinal Health Inc. was blocked from shipping controlled substances from its distribution center in Lakeland, Florida, as a judge lifted an order barring a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration suspension.
U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton in Washington today said the government produced enough evidence to show that the distribution facility posed a public safety threat by shipping heavy volumes of the prescription painkiller oxycodone to pharmacies, including two owned by a unit of CVS Caremark Corp.