McKinsey Opioid Work Included Advising Distributors, Tribe Says June 4, 2021 By Jef Feeley McKinsey & Co.’s role in assisting companies profiting from opioid-based painkillers was “far more extensive” than just advising makers of...
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...
McKinsey to Pay $573 Million to Settle Claims Over Opioid Crisis Role — Source February 4, 2021 By Nate Raymond Consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay at least $573 million to resolve claims by 40-plus U.S. states...
Cardinal Health, Amerisource See $13 Billion Opioid Deal November 6, 2020 By Jef Feeley Cardinal Health Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Corp. have each reserved about $6.6 billion to settle claims that drug distributors fueled the...
J&J to Contribute Up to $5 Billion to Potential U.S. Opioid Settlement October 13, 2020 Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it will contribute up to $1 billion more to a potential settlement of lawsuits...
U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Novel Opioid Settlement Framework September 24, 2020 By Nate Raymond A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned a judge’s approval of a novel plan by lawyers representing cities and counties...
Opioid Companies Say Lawyers’ Fee Demand Threatens Settlement Talks February 28, 2020 By Tom Hals and Nate Raymond Johnson & Johnson and other drug companies facing thousands of lawsuits over their role in the opioid epidemic have warned...
U.S. Prosecutors Open Criminal Probe of Opioid Makers, Distributors November 27, 2019 Federal prosecutors are investigating six pharmaceutical companies for potential criminal charges in connection with shipping big quantities of opioid painkillers...
$50 Billion Opioid Settlement Bid Sparks States-Cities Fight October 22, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin About $50 billion in settlement offers by drugmakers and distributors have sparked a fight between state attorneys general and thousands...
J&J Makes $4 Billion Opioid Offer as Distributors Seek Deal October 16, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin Johnson & Johnson has offered to pay $4 billion to settle all claims accusing the company of helping fuel the...