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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Companies reach $260 million deal to settle opioids lawsuit

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. ...

Doctor Facing Life in Prison for Thousands of Opioid Doses.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...