Two Firms Lost Billions Over Opioids. CEOs Got Bonuses Anyway.
Opioid settlement costs blew massive holes in the bottom lines of Cardinal and Amerisource. Their CEOs were still paid millions in bonuses.
Tablets of opioid painkiller Oxycodon delivered on medical prescription.
Photographer: Eric Baradat/AFP
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Two major U.S. corporations accused of contributing to the opioid crisis recently agreed to hand over billions of dollars to make the lawsuits go away.
But their CEOs got paid as if nothing ever happened.