Legal Opinion
West Virginia Ex Rel. McGraw v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided September 21, 2010No. Civil Action 2:09-1000PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN T. COPENHAVER, JR., District Judge.
Pending is the Attorney General’s motion to remand, filed October 13, 2009.
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West Virginia law requires pharmacists to “substitute a less expensive equivalent generic name drug” for prescriptions for a brand name drug unless the generic drug is unsuitable for the particular patient. W. Va. Code § 30-5-12b(b). Further, West Virginia law requires that “[a]ll savings in the retail price of the [generic] prescription ... be passed on to the purchaser,” and that “in no event shall such savings be less than the difference in…
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