Tennessee Sues Walgreens Pharmacy Chain over Opioid Distribution August 4, 2022 By Steve Gorman The state of Tennessee sued Walgreens on Wednesday, accusing the retail pharmacy giant of fueling the state’s opioid epidemic by...
San Francisco Reaches $58M Opioid Settlement with Teva, Allergan July 12, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and AbbVie’s Allergan unit on Tuesday reached a $58 million settlement with the city of San Francisco...
California Judge Questions Counties’ Opioid Case Against Drugmakers at Trial’s End October 1, 2021 By Nate Raymond A California judge on Thursday said several large counties accusing four drugmakers of fueling an opioid epidemic had presented a...
Judge Urges Talks Between Purdue Pharma and Holdout States August 30, 2021 By Geoff Mulvihill A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday urged states that oppose a settlement plan with Purdue Pharma to try to work...
Economist: $2.5B to Abate Opioid Crisis in WVa Community July 1, 2021 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A 15-year plan to abate the opioid crisis in a West Virginia community will cost local...
McKinsey Targeted by School Districts Over Opioid-Related Costs May 7, 2021 By Jef Feeley McKinsey & Co. faces Kentucky and West Virginia school districts’ lawsuits alleging the company’s work for opioid makers fed an...
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...
J&J, Other Drugmakers Go to Trial in California in $50B Case Over ‘Deadly Legacy’ of Opioids April 20, 2021 By Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson Four drugmakers helped cause the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing their drugs and downplaying their addictive risks, a...
Sacklers Boost Opioid Settlement Offer to $4.3 Billion – Sources March 12, 2021 By Mike Spector NEW YORK — Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP have offered roughly $4.3 billion to resolve...
No Money For Masterpieces: Louvre Bans Cash Over Virus Fears March 5, 2020 By John Leicester PARIS — The Louvre is no longer taking cash, because of the coronavirus outbreak. The world’s most-visited museum is shifting...