San Francisco Reaches $58M Opioid Settlement with Teva, Allergan July 12, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and AbbVie’s Allergan unit on Tuesday reached a $58 million settlement with the city of San Francisco...
Oklahoma Reaches $250M Opioid Settlement with Drug Distributors June 28, 2022 Oklahoma has reached a $250 million settlement with AmerisourceBergen Corp ABC.N, Cardinal Health Inc CAH.N and McKesson Corp MCK.N to...
Walgreens, Teva Accused of Fueling Opioid Addiction in Quest for New Markets April 26, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth Walgreens Boots Alliance and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ignored the health risks when they created new markets for opioids, a...
In Reversal, Georgia Joins $26 Billion US Opioid Settlement January 7, 2022 By Nate Raymond The state of Georgia has decided to join a proposed $26 billion nationwide settlement resolving lawsuits alleging that three large...
New Mexico to Join Nationwide Opioid Settlement With Drug Distributors December 8, 2021 By Nate Raymond New Mexico has agreed to join a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $21 billion resolving claims that the three...
California Judge Questions Counties’ Opioid Case Against Drugmakers at Trial’s End October 1, 2021 By Nate Raymond A California judge on Thursday said several large counties accusing four drugmakers of fueling an opioid epidemic had presented a...
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...
N.Y. Accuses Opioid Maker Purdue of Illegal Fund Transfers to Sacklers March 29, 2019 By Nate Raymond Purdue Pharma LP fraudulently transferred funds to members of the wealthy Sackler family who control the OxyContin maker despite knowing...
Panel Calls on FDA to Review Opioid Safety July 19, 2017 By CARLA K. JOHNSON The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should review the safety and effectiveness of all opioids, and consider the real-world impacts...
Rising Demand for Overdose Antidote as Deaths Climb October 20, 2015 By Anna Edney To contain a surge in drug-related deaths in the U.S., state and local governments are pouring money into programs to...