PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is suing the nation's largest drug wholesaler, claiming the company violated state consumer protection laws by artificially inflating the prices of hundreds of brand-name prescription drugs.
Attorney General Tom Horne announced the lawsuit against McKesson Corp. on Wednesday. The complaint was filed Friday in Maricopa County Superior Court.
The drugs that were alleged to have been marked up included Allegra, Celebrex, Coumadin, Flonase, Lipitor and Valium.
Horne argues that the price hikes cost consumers millions of dollars. He used the example of a 5 percent markup of the drug Nexium in 2004, saying it could result in $100 million in additional profit based on $4 billion in sales of the anti-acid-reflux drug that year.
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