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#1 Tampa Police Investigating if Former NFL Player Received Unprescribed Drugs in Hospital
Sep 26 2023 // Tampa police are investigating after family members of former NFL wide receiver Mike Williams said someone may have slipped him unprescribed opioid medication while he was in the hospital after a construction accident. A...
#2 Texas AG Sues Pfizer Over Quality-Control Lapses in Kids’ ADHD drug
Nov 21 2023 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused Pfizer PFE.N and its supplier Tris Pharma of providing children’s ADHD medicine that it knew might be ineffective to the state’s Medicaid insurance program for...
#3 Former Florida Adjuster Sentenced to Five Years in Robbing of Tampa Drug Dealers
Dec 13 2023 // A former Florida claims adjuster has been sentenced to five years in prison and three years of probation for her role in a scheme to rob alleged drug dealers in the Tampa area. Jasmine Weber, 28, of Tampa, a former...
#4 GEICO Charges New York Pharmacy, Medical Clinics With $3.7M in Prescription Fraud
Dec 12 2023 // Insurance company GEICO has filed suit against a New York pharmacy and five medical clinics and their owners alleging they perpetrated a fraudulent scheme under the New York no-fault auto insurance system by submitting...
#5 Drug Retailer Rite Aid Prepares to File for Bankruptcy Over Opioid Lawsuits: WSJ
Aug 28 2023 // Rite Aid Corp. is preparing to file for bankruptcy in coming weeks to address lawsuits the drugstore chain is facing over its alleged role in the sale of opioids, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people...
#6 Maine Police Say Driver on Drugs Swerved Off Road, Hit 4 Troopers
Aug 30 2023 // A motorist who veered off a highway and struck four state troopers was charged with operating under the influence of drugs, officials said Monday, as two of the troopers remained hospitalized. Three troopers and a...
#7 Injured Workers Pharmacy to Pay $10M for Improper Handling of ‘Red Flag’ Prescriptions
Jun 30 2023 // Andover, Massachusetts-based Injured Workers Pharmacy (IWP) has agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act by improperly filling prescriptions for controlled substances,...
#8 Louisiana Pharmacy Fined $275K for Dispensing Invalid Prescriptions for Opioids, Other Controlled Substances
Jun 26 2023 // A Port Allen, Louisiana pharmacy and its owner must pay $275,000 to resolve a federal civil lawsuit under the Controlled Substances Act, United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced. U.S. District Judge Brian A....
#9 AstraZeneca to Pay $425 Million to End US Lawsuits Over Heartburn Drugs
Oct 4 2023 // Britain’s AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $425 million to settle about 11,000 lawsuits in the United States that claimed its heartburn drugs Nexium and Prilosec caused chronic kidney disease. AstraZeneca did not admit...
#10 Hacking Allegations Expose E-Prescription System Cyber Risk
Jan 29 2024 // Scammers hacked into doctors’ electronic prescribing accounts, wrote tens of thousands of bogus orders for addictive drugs, then had runners pick them up from pharmacies in multiple states so they could be illegally...
#11 Report: Air Ambulance Crew Administered Drug to Balloon Pilot After Arizona Crash That Killed 4
Apr 9 2024 // Authorities trying to determine whether drugs were involved in a fatal hot air ballon crash in Arizona released an amended autopsy report stating an anesthetic was administered to the pilot by an air ambulance company...
#12 Case Dismissed: Appeals Court Slams Expert Witness in Diabetes Drug Lawsuits
Feb 15 2024 // Multi-district litigation over the diabetes drug saxagliptin, a case that combined more than 80 suits from around the country, has failed because the plaintiffs’ sole expert witness was unreliable and did not show a...
#13 Massachusetts AG Reports $6.15M Settlement With CVS Over Workers’ Comp Drugs
May 16 2023 // Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office reports it has reached a $6.15 million settlement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to resolve allegations of overcharging for prescriptions for workers’...
#14 Medical Marijuana Law Does Not Impair Employers’ Right to Drug-Free Workplace
Mar 22 2024 // A Connecticut employer has the right to terminate an employee who is impaired by medical marijuana in the workplace. The Connecticut Appellate Court on March 19 upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against a nonprofit...
#15 Johnson & Johnson Worker’s Lawsuit Alleges Company Overpaid for Drugs
Feb 8 2024 // Johnson & Johnson was sued by an employee who said the company’s health plan wasted workers’ money by paying inflated prices for prescription drugs. In one instance, the health plan agreed to pay more than...
#16 FDA Allows Florida to Import Cheaper Drugs From Canada
Jan 5 2024 // (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday it had authorized Florida to directly import prescription drugs from Canada, where prices of medicines are cheaper. The regulator said it was...
