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...
Sacklers to Remain Billionaire Family If Purdue Settles Opioid Lawsuits August 29, 2019 By Tom Maloney and Jef Feeley The Sackler family — once known as global philanthropists backed by a fortune made from opioids and other drugs —...
Sackler Family Backs $11.5 Billion Purdue Opioid Settlement August 28, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin The Sackler family and their embattled drugmaker, Purdue Pharma LP, are backing a proposal to resolve all opioid lawsuits against...
Opioid Fines Could Reach $150 Billion in Worst-Case Scenario August 27, 2019 By Cristin Flanagan Monday’s $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson may mean one analyst’s “bear case scenario” of $150 billion in opioid...
Teva’s Budding Blockbuster Drugs Lend Respite From Legal Concerns August 7, 2019 By Ilya Khrennikov Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is preparing for a potential reckoning with the U.S. epidemic of opioid addiction. The drugmaker’s shares...
Opioid Distributors Propose $10 Billion to End State Claims August 7, 2019 By Jef Feeley McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Corp. have proposed paying $10 billion to settle claims they helped to fuel...
Arizona Asks for US Supreme Court Involvement in Opioid Case August 6, 2019 By Anita Snow and Geoff Mulvihill PHOENIX — Arizona’s attorney general on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin-maker...
Purdue Sackler Opioids Trial Boston Latest Updates August 2, 2019 By Janelle Lawrence Massachusetts took Purdue Pharma LP to task in a Boston courtroom Friday, blaming the opioid maker and the billionaire Sackler...
Oklahoma Makes Final Bid to Hold J&J Responsible for Opioid Epidemic August 1, 2019 By Nate Raymond Oklahoma’s attorney general on Wednesday made his final bid to force Johnson & Johnson to pay $17 billion for its...
Government Data Shows How Drugmakers, Distributors Spread Opioids Across America July 18, 2019 Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation’s...