The West Virginia Attorney General's Office is suing a third pharmacy accused of transferring patient prescriptions without the patients' consent, resulting in much higher prices for the patients.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Raleigh Circuit Court, targets CURERX LLC, also known as Cure Pharmacy, of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, according to a news release from Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office.
Morrisey's office sued David Pharmacy LLC and Rock City Pharmacy LLC, both of Utah, alleging similar activity in November.
The most recent lawsuit seeks an immediate injunction to block Cure Pharmacy's operation in West Virginia and identify every West Virginia customer. It also seeks a $5,000 fine for each violation of the state's Consumer Credit and Protection Act.
Cure Pharmacy and its Utah counterparts are accused of using forms, surveys and online questionnaires to obtain personal information about customers, then using the data to entice patients into unknowingly transferring prescriptions.