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		<title>Drug Maker Endo Skirts Trial, Settles Its Opioid Claims for $11 Million</title>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Endo International Plc agreed to an $11 million settlement to avoid going to trial in the first federal court cases targeting opioid makers and distributors over the public-health crisis caused by the painkillers. Endo said Tuesday it will pay $10 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More States Could Settle Opioid Suits in Wake of West Virginia&#8217;s McKesson Deal</title>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 11:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[McKesson Corp.&#8217;s settlement of an opioid lawsuit with West Virginia &#8212; the state with the highest U.S. rate of drug-overdose deaths &#8212; may encourage other states to seek quick cash to cope with the rising societal costs of addiction. West &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Purdue Includes Free Opioid Treatment Drugs in Settlement Offer</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 05:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The company that created OxyContin is offering free doses of an opioid-abuse treatment as part of its offer to resolve more than 1,000 lawsuits accusing the drugmaker of helping fuel the opioid crisis, according to people familiar with the negotiations. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>One Drugmaker Sues Another to Pay Damages from Opioid Marketing Lawsuits</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 11:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Allergan Plc on Thursday sued Pfizer Inc. to require its rival to cover any damages it is forced to pay as a result of hundreds of lawsuits claiming Allergan deceptively marketed an opioid it acquired from a company Pfizer bought. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More States File Opioid Lawsuits Against Drug Firms</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2018 14:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Litigation against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is intensifying as six more U.S. states on Tuesday announced lawsuits, accusing the company of fueling a national opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing its prescription painkillers to generate billions of dollars in sales. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Judge Overseeing Local Opioid Lawsuits Hopes for &#8216;Meaningful&#8217; Settlement</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 06:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The judge overseeing U.S. cities&#8217; and counties&#8217; lawsuits against makers of opioid painkillers said he hopes a sweeping resolution can be worked out by the end of the year that will have a &#8220;meaningful impact&#8221; on the burgeoning drug epidemic. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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