opioid
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BOISE—Idaho officials on Friday announced a $119 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors over their role in the opioid addiction crisis. ...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not be issuing new contracts to the consulting firm McKinsey and Co. amid an investigation into potential conflicts of interest, ...
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A Congressional report alleges that consulting firm McKinsey engaged in a “serious conflict of interest” by working for the U.S. government on issues relating to the ...
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Purdue Pharma reached a nationwide settlement Thursday over its role in the opioid crisis, with the Sackler family members who own the company boosting their cash ...
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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and three of the nation’s largest drug wholesalers and distributors have agreed to pay $589 million in settlement after hundreds of native ...
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Several major pharmaceutical companies are set up to give part of a $26 billion settlement to certain Californian cities and counties. The state’s attorney general announced ...
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Politicians are already preparing for this year's midterm elections. We take a look at the midterm agendas for both Democrats and Republicans. Some Republicans in the ...
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The U.S. health regulator on Wednesday warned patients and prescribers about the risk of potential dental problems arising from the use of buprenorphine medicines to treat ...
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A federal judge rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement of thousands of lawsuits over the opioid epidemic Thursday because of a provision that would protect members ...
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High-stakes lawsuits accusing drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies of stoking the national opioid scourge have suffered two major recent setbacks, and now it looks like plaintiffs could ...
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Victims of the opioid epidemic will soon be able to receive compensation from the manufacturer of painkiller oxycontin. But the family that owns the company will be ...
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A federal bankruptcy judge is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to accept a settlement between OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, the states and thousands of local ...
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President Joe Biden’s massive infrastructure package is in limbo after Senate Republicans blocked a debate on it. But many remain optimistic as a vote is expected ...
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Attorneys general across the country have unveiled key details in a $26 billion settlement with large drug companies. The attorneys general laid out key details on ...
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A group of state attorneys general unveiled on Wednesday a landmark $26 billion settlement with large drug companies for allegedly fueling the deadly nationwide opioid epidemic, ...
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Drug companies are on the verge of a settlement with multiple states who accuse them of contributing to the opioid epidemic in the United States. Some ...
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NEW YORK—The three largest U.S. drug distributors agreed mid-trial to pay up to $1.18 billion to settle claims by New York state and two of its ...
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A bipartisan group of Congress members is asking the Treasury Department to let states use funding from the most recent stimulus bill to combat the opioid ...
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WASHINGTON—Law firms representing opioid maker Purdue Pharma in the company’s bankruptcy will relinquish $1 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice’s trustee program, ...
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Nearly 200 alleged drug traffickers are now under arrest around the world, with 120 of them in the United States, the Department of Justice announced. The ...
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First Lady Melania Trump went on her first solo trip outside Washington since the pandemic. She visited Concord Hospital in New Hampshire to highlight the state’s ...
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As many as 75,000 Americans could die of drug or alcohol misuse and suicide as a result of the CCP virus pandemic, according to analysis by ...
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Companies reach $260 million deal to settle opioids lawsuit
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Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller’s deadly overdose last year have now been charged with providing the drugs that killed him, U.S. ...
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Doctor Facing Life in Prison for Thousands of Opioid Doses.
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Hurricane Dorian has strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it threatens landfall in the Carolinas, death toll climbs to 20; Trump admin announces $1.8B funding ...
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The Trump administration announced more funding to combat the opioid crisis; the U.S. is sanctioning a network of firms and ships that it says breached sanctions ...
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An Oklahoma judge on Aug. 26 found Johnson & Johnson liable for fueling an opioid epidemic in the state by deceptively marketing painkillers, and ordered the ...
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NEW YORK—The state attorney general announced a battle won amid the nation’s opioid epidemic on May 2. A drug task force, led by Attorney General Leticia ...
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former founder of pharmaceutical company, Insys Therapeutics, John Kapoor, 76-year-old, was accused of bribing doctors across the U.S. to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray, and ...