Purdue Pharma Consultant to Pay Nevada $45 Million in Opioid Settlement
Nevada says the money will help pay for costs stemming from the opioid epidemic.
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OxyContin Maker Purdue Proposes $10B Plan to Exit Bankruptcy
The plan, filed late Monday night in U.S Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, N.Y., after months of negotiations, marks the company’s formal offer to settle more than 2,900 lawsuits from state and local governments, Native American tribes, hospitals and other entities.
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Pandemic-Consumed US Relapses in Drug Addiction
Beverly Veres’ two sons are addicted to heroin but can’t get the help they need, with U.S. health services consumed by the coronavirus pandemic at a time when overdoses are surging.
Read moreOpioid Access
A federal court in California ruled against a putative class of chronic pain patients who claimed Walgreens and Costco violate state law and federal discrimination statutes by interfering with their access to opioids.
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OxyContin Marketer Blamed for Opioid Crisis Reaches Nearly $600M Deal
Global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. will pay $573 million to settle claims that the aggressive marketing campaign it designed for pharmaceutical drugs intensified the national opioid crisis.
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Pill Poppers
The Biden administration hit a Central California pharmacist and his pharmacy with an unfair competition lawsuit Tuesday, claiming they dispensed hundreds of thousands of opioid pills based on prescriptions they had to have known were fake.
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Walmart Accused of Fueling Opioid Crisis by Filling Bad Prescriptions
Accusing Walmart of adding fuel to the fire of America’s opioid crisis, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the retail giant unlawfully dispensed controlled substances at its more than 5,000 pharmacies.
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Family Behind OxyContin Attests to Its Role in Opioid Crisis
Two of the owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to a congressional committee on Thursday that the powerful prescription painkiller has played a role in the national opioid crisis but stopped short of apologizing or admitting wrongdoing as they faced grilling during a rare appearance in a public forum.
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Family Members Who Own Purdue to Appear Before Congress
Two members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreed to appear this week before a congressional committee investigating the family and the company’s role in the national opioid addiction and overdose epidemic.
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OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charges
Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal criminal charges related to the OxyContin manufacturer’s role in the nation’s deadly opioid crisis.
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Bankruptcy Judge OKs Federal Settlement With Purdue Pharma
Proposed settlements between the federal government and OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners cleared a major legal hurdle Tuesday when a bankruptcy judge said they could move ahead.
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Drug ‘Safehouse’ Challenge Stumbles at 3rd Circuit
The Third Circuit showed little sign Monday that it will stop a nonprofit from opening a so-called safe injection site where drug users can get high under medical supervision.
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Walmart Sues Feds in Pre-Emptive Move Over Opioid Prescriptions
Walmart preemptively sued the federal government Thursday, claiming its pharmacists are being forced by federal guidance to not fulfill valid opioid prescriptions and risk lawsuits for interfering with doctor-patient relationships.
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Worsening Opioid Crisis Overshadowed in Presidential Race
Even as the coronavirus outbreak and the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic have been a dominating theme in this year’s presidential race, Ohio, a battleground state in the presidential contest, is on track to have one of its deadliest years of opioid drug overdoses
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Purdue Pharma Strikes $8B Plea Deal Over Marketing of OxyContin
The $8.34 billion fine ranks as the largest penalty against a drugmaker, but Purdue Pharma can receive nearly $2 billion in credits through bankruptcy reorganization.
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Judge Advances San Francisco’s Opioid Lawsuit Against Big Pharma
A federal judge on Thursday advanced a bellwether lawsuit seeking to hold dozens of prescription drug makers and distributors liable for the opioid crisis and problems it has caused in San Francisco.
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Study Probes 20-Year FDA Practice of Approving Opioids With Little Safety Data
(CN) — The coronavirus pandemic has been front and center these past six months, but America is still in the midst
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Sixth Circuit Tosses Class Approval in Sprawling Opioid Settlement
The Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday against the use of a novel form of settlement class devised to pursue opioid manufacturers for their role in the U.S. opioid addiction crisis.
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Mexico Sees Fentanyl Seizures Quadruple, Denies Making Drug
Mexican authorities say seizures of the synthetic opioid fentanyl so far this year are 465% higher than in 2019, but progress against another big Mexican export to the U.S. market — methamphetamines — is slower.
Read moreOpioid Payments
The Second Circuit reversed a ruling that had blocked the enforcement of part of New York’s Opioid Stewardship Act, which requires opioid manufacturers and distributors to collectively pay $100 million annually to support statewide programs that provide opioid treatment, recovery, prevention and education services.
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