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...
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...
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...
Judge Rules Pretrial Against Opioid Firm; Cites Delays, Lies April 9, 2021 By Jonathan Mattise NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has made a rare move to rule against an opioid firm before 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...
Endo to Rework $3.3 Billion Loan as Opioid Litigation Looms March 4, 2021 By Katherine Doherty Endo International Plc is trying to get more breathing room on its debt as it contests with ongoing opioid and...
Doctors Who Say No to Opioid Use Face Threats From Patients February 16, 2021 By Tammy Webber One patient threatened to shoot Dr. Terry Hunt if physical therapy didn’t relieve his pain as effectively as opioids did....
Walmart Lawsuit Against U.S. Over Opioids Is Dismissed February 5, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge has dismissed Walmart Inc’s lawsuit seeking to preemptively block the U.S. government from blaming the world’s largest...
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...
Injured Workers Pharmacy Paying $11M to Settle Complaint June 30, 2020 A mail-order pharmacy that fought frequent court battles against workers’ compensation insurers will pay $11 million and change its business...