City Solicitor's Affirmative Litigation Unit Wins $400,000 Settlement

San Francisco Chronicle via the Associated Press:

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Providence has recovered $400,000 in a settlement with a California drug wholesaler accused of wrongfully inflating prescription drug prices.

Mayor Angel Taveras (tuh-VEHR'-us) and City Solicitor Jeffrey Padwa on Thursday announced the damages from a settlement with San Francisco-based McKesson Corp.

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Padwa called the settlement the first significant victory of the affirmative litigation unit he created in 2012.

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