Drug Wholesaler Seeks $15 Million, Saying Kickback Charges Stunted Sales

A California wholesale pharmaceutical supplier has filed a civil racketeering complaint seeking $15 million in damages, saying its sales slumped after a former president and pharmacist was indicted on charges of paying kickbacks to providers who prescribed some of the company’s products. Alexso Inc., in a complaint filed Wednesday with the federal court in Los Angeles, claims to have lost millions of dollars in sales after pharmacist Hootan Melamed was indicted in June 2016 on charges of paying doctors to refer workers’ compensation patients to obtain prescriptions and p...