AmerisourceBergen Corp. announced Wednesday the retirement of its longtime legal chief John Chou, who as part of a planned transition has been replaced by deputy general counsel Elizabeth Campbell.
The move by the Conshohocken, Pa.-based drug giant comes about a month after it joined two other leading opioid distributors—Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Corp.—and opioid maker Johnson & Johnson in agreeing to a $26 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits related to the addictive painkillers.
Chou, Campbell, and an AmerisourceBergen spokeswoman didn’t respond to requests for comment about the timing of the change in legal leadership.
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