Pharmacy
Generic drug manufacturers retained 23 percent that same year, totaling about $108 billion, and non-manufacturing drug entities retained 27 percent.
Settlement will require McKesson to hire an independent monitor to assess compliance, the first of its kind in a CSA civil penalty settlement, the DOJ said.
Many orphan medicines, originally developed to treat diseases affecting fewer than 200,000 people, come with astronomical price tags.
Mylan's brand-name EpiPen costs $649.99 for a two pack; its authorized generic costs roughly $340, CVS said.
Obamacare changes could cut the number of insured patients, creating more risk in the healthcare market.
It's the largest ever criminal fine levied against a pharmaceutical company for FCPA violations.
The ongoing Attorneys General investigation began in 2014, according to the complaint, and has "uncovered evidence of a broad, well-coordinated and long-running series of schemes."
Overdoses kill 90 people in the United States each day; opioid poisonings cost more than $20 billion in emergency departments, hospital care.
From sample of 1,202 adults, eight percent of respondents said they or someone in their household had imported a drug at some point.
Affordable Care Act's fate is coming into question as healthcare organizations move into the new world of value-based care and other advances.