Walgreens Trial Over its Part in Florida Opioid Crisis Set to Begin April 11, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth A jury trial accusing Walgreens Boots Alliance WBA.O of contributing to Florida’s opioid addiction epidemic was set to begin on...
Rhode Island Takes Teva to Trial in Multibillion-Dollar Opioid Case March 15, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth Rhode Island is set to square off on Monday against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., as a multibillion-dollar trial begins over...
Facing Purdue Owners Brings Pain, Closure for Opioid Victims March 14, 2022 By Jennifer Peltz and Geoff Mulvihill NEW YORK (AP) — Kara Trainor composed herself, looked into a camera and began to speak to the drugmakers she...
J&J, Distributors Finalize $26B Landmark Opioid Settlement February 28, 2022 By Geoff Mulvihill CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid...
J&J Reaches Opioid Settlement With Holdout New Mexico January 18, 2022 By Nate Raymond Johnson & Johnson on Friday said it had agreed to pay $44 million to resolve claims that it fueled the...
Cities Wracked by Opioids Close to Getting $26B Settlement December 15, 2021 By Andrew Selsky McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP)–The opioid epidemic blew into this picturesque Oregon town like a toxic wind, leaving overdoses, addiction, homelessness and...
Walmart, Major Pharmacy Chains Fueled Opioid Crisis, Jury Finds November 24, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Michael Leonard A Cleveland jury concluded Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. helped create a public-health crisis by...
Judge Begins Ruling on Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan That Shields Sacklers September 1, 2021 By Tom Hals A U.S. judge began delivering his ruling on Wednesday on OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s request to approve its bankruptcy reorganization...
Kentucky AG Sues CVS Health Over State’s Opioid Problems June 3, 2021 By Bruce Schreiner FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general on Wednesday sued CVS Health, accusing its pharmacy chain of flooding the state...
Opioid Distributors Sold ‘Mountain of Pills,’ Lawyer Tells Judge May 4, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Katherine Chiglinsky The biggest drug distributors in the U.S. were accused of swamping a West Virginia county with millions of doses of...