Opioid Crisis ‘Kingpin’ Is Oklahoma’s New Target in Lawsuit April 4, 2019 By Christine Vestal About the photo: Opium poppy plants in a field in Tasmania, Australia. Oklahoma is claiming that as the prior owner...
Sackler Family Asks Judge to Toss Massachusetts Opioid Suit April 3, 2019 By Jef Feeley The billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharma LP says Massachusetts officials can’t prove that it or other directors masterminded the...
New York Lawsuit Seeks Sackler Family Investments Abroad April 2, 2019 A New York state lawsuit is renewing longstanding questions about where some members of the billionaire Sackler family have invested...
Vermont Sues 2 Prescription Opioid Distributors March 28, 2019 By Lisa Rathke BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont filed a lawsuit Tuesday against two pharmaceutical distributors, accusing them of selling ever-increasing amounts of prescription...
Purdue to Pay $270M to Settle Okla. Opioid Lawsuit March 26, 2019 By Jef Feeley Purdue Pharma LP and the Sackler family will pay $270 million to settle Oklahoma’s claims that illegal marketing of the...
Doctors Ask CDC to Clarify Guidelines so Patients aren’t Abruptly Cut Off Pain Opioids March 15, 2019 By Jim Sams Some physicians are pushing back against “widespread misapplication” of the 2016 federal opioid prescribing guidelines, while a new report from...
Jurors Told Bribes, Music Videos Used to Boost Opioid Sales February 19, 2019 By Alanna Durkin Richer Employees at a drug company accused of bribing doctors rapped and danced around a person dressed as a bottle of...
Ohio Doctor, Hospital Facing 15th Wrongful Death Lawsuit February 13, 2019 By admin A 15th wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against an Ohio hospital system and a now-fired intensive care doctor who’s under...
Opioid-Related Car Crash Deaths in Maryland Hold Steady Over Decade February 7, 2019 A new approach to defining opioid-related auto fatalities provides insight into the nature and distribution of opioid-involved deaths in the...
Study Looks at Polypharmacy Claims in California Workers’ Comp August 23, 2018 A study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows the likelihood that indemnity was paid on a workers’ comp claim...