Walmart said it has reached a proposed settlement pact related to three lawsuits filed by shareholders on behalf of the company over the handling of prescription opioids. According to the terms of the settlement that were disclosed in a regulatory …
McKinsey & Co. is nearing a deal with U.S. prosecutors to pay at least $500 million to settle federal probes into its past work helping opioid makers boost sales, according to people familiar with the matter. A settlement, which could …
Purdue Pharma LP said its making progress in settlement talks with members of the Sackler family who own the company and won another extension of a breathing spell that’s shielded the family from civil lawsuits for years. Judge Sean Lane …
Baltimore said on Tuesday that it has settled with Walgreens over claims that the pharmacy operator fueled opioid addiction in the Maryland city, the latest in a series of settlements totaling $402.5 million ahead of a trial scheduled to begin …
Indivior reached an $86 million settlement with 16 U.S. states over the drug manufacturer’salleged role in spreading opioid addiction across the United States, New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Friday. James said the settlement in principle concerned Indivior’s …
Purdue Pharma on Tuesday received U.S. court approval for a 60-day freeze on lawsuits against its owners, members of the wealthy Sackler family, in its first court appearance since a landmark Supreme Court ruling upended its bankruptcy settlement. U.S. Bankruptcy …
The bankrupt estate of Purdue Pharma says it will support a move by the opioid maker’s creditors to sue members of the Sackler family over allegations that they improperly shifted billions of dollars of Purdue profits into offshore trusts. The …
The US Supreme Court tossed Purdue Pharma LP’s $6 billion opioid settlement, nixing a deal that would have funded opioid epidemic relief efforts in exchange for protecting the company’s billionaire owners from lawsuits alleging they helped fuel the addiction crisis. …
A court-appointed panel on Friday recommended how to divvy up a pool of $2.13 billion in legal fees from nationwide drug industry settlements over the U.S. opioid crisis, with top firms set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars. The …
Overall opioid utilization is down nearly 10%, and the use of sustained-release opioids dropped by more than 10%, a new report shows. Authors of the report credit efforts by workers’ comp regulators and professionals to control opioid prescriptions and distribution, …