A federal appeals court has thrown out a $1 million verdict returned in favor of an Indianapolis doctor who alleges pharmacy employees defamed him by telling his patients he ran a “pill mill.”The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week held CVS Pharmacy Inc. is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on three of the four statements about Anthony Mimms that a jury found to be defamatory.But the ruling was not a complete victory for CVS.Although it vacated the verdict in favor of Mimms on the fourth statement …