Oklahoma’s Opioid Trial Against Drugmakers J&J, Teva Set to Begin May 24, 2019 By Nate Raymond Gail Box vividly remembers the day in May 2011 when she first learned her 22-year-old son Austin, a University of...
McKesson to Pay $37M to Resolve West Virginia Opioid Suit May 6, 2019 By Nate Raymond Drug distributor McKesson Corp has agreed to pay $37 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of West Virginia...
Purdue’s Sackler Family Asks Judge to Toss Massachusetts Opioid Case April 3, 2019 By Nate Raymond Members of the Sackler family behind OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP have asked a judge to toss a lawsuit by...
Purdue to Settle Oklahoma’s Opioids Lawsuit Weeks Before Trial to Open March 26, 2019 By Nate Raymond Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing the OxyContin painkiller maker of...
Oklahoma Judge Denies Purdue Pharma Bid to Delay Landmark Opioid Trial March 11, 2019 By Nate Raymond OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and two other drugmakers on Friday lost a bid to delay a landmark trial set...
Family Behind Purdue Pharma Pushed Opioid Marketing, Massachusetts Says January 16, 2019 By Nate Raymond Members of the wealthy Sackler family behind Purdue Pharma LP pushed it to boost sales of OxyContin and other opioids...
Former Insys CEO Pleads Guilty to Opioid Bribes; Agrees to Work with Prosecutors January 10, 2019 By Nate Raymond The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc. pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in a nationwide scheme to bribe...
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Bid to Reinstate Trinity Guardrail Fraud Judgment January 8, 2019 By Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a whistleblower’s bid to revive a $663.4 million judgment against Trinity Industries...
Exxon Bid to Halt Climate Change Probes Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court January 7, 2019 By Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the attorney general of Massachusetts to obtain records from Exxon...
Former Insys CEO Babich Pleads Guilty to Opioid Prescription Bribe Scheme December 27, 2018 By Nate Raymond The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to participating in a scheme to bribe...