Purdue Pharma, Sacklers Reach $7.4B National Opioid Settlement January 24, 2025 By Dietrich Knauth Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging...
Arkansas Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Alleged Role in Fueling Opioid Crisis June 26, 2024 By Andrew DeMillo LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Monday sued two pharmacy benefit managers that oversee coverage for insurers, employers and...
Doctor, One of Top Prescribers of Opioids in Massachusetts, Is Sentenced May 23, 2024 A Massachusetts orthopedic surgeon who prosecutors say was one of the top prescribers of opioid drugs in the state was...
Walgreens to Pay $110M to End Philadelphia Opioid Litigation April 22, 2024 The city of Philadelphia has reached a $110 million settlement of its 2021 lawsuit against Walgreens pharmacy for the company’s...
Panel Asks W.Va. Supreme Court if Opioid Distribution Can Cause a Public Nuisance March 21, 2024 By John Raby CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court asked West Virginia’s highest court Monday whether opioid distributions can cause a...
Drugmaker Endo Reaches $465M Bankruptcy Settlement With US March 1, 2024 By Dietrich Knauth Bankrupt drugmaker Endo International will pay up to $465 million to settle the federal government’s law enforcement, tax, and healthcare...
Kentucky Attorney General Sues Kroger, Alleging Role in Opioid Crisis February 14, 2024 By Bruce Schreiner FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed a lawsuit Monday against one of the nation’s largest grocery...
Virginia Doctor Who Prescribed More Than 500K Doses of Opioids Granted New Trial February 8, 2024 By Denise Lavoie A Virginia doctor who was sentenced to 40 years in prison after prescribing more than half a million doses of...
Vermont Lawmakers See Flood Recovery, Public Safety, Opioid Crisis as Priorities January 5, 2024 By Lisa Rathke Recovery from the catastrophic flooding that hit Vermont this summer, climate resiliency, improving public safety, tackling opioid addiction, and creating...
Local Governments in West Virginia Will Soon See Opioid Settlement Money November 8, 2023 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Local governments in West Virginia will start seeing opioid settlement money by the year`s end, the...