Alabama Supreme Court Tosses County Claims Against Abbott Over Opioid Crisis June 2, 2021 MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court sided with Abbott Laboratories on Friday and threw out a lawsuit filed by...
West Virginia’s Billion-Dollar Trial Against Opioid Distributors Gets Underway May 3, 2021 The three largest U.S. drug distributors, who are accused of helping fuel the opioid crisis that has resulted in nearly...
Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan Proposes Public Trusts to Settle Opioid Lawsuits March 16, 2021 By Maria Chutchian and Mike Spector Purdue Pharma LP filed a bankruptcy plan on Monday that would resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits by restructuring the OxyContin...
Walmart Denies U.S. Charges It Fueled Opioid Crisis by Filling ‘Illegitimate Prescriptions’ December 23, 2020 By David Shepardson and Mark Hosenball The U.S. Justice Department sued Walmart Inc. on Tuesday, accusing the world’s biggest retailer of fueling the opioid crisis in...
Files Raise Questions About Purdue Pharma Family’s Transfer of $10B Over Decade December 21, 2020 Members of the wealthy Sackler family, owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP, have long denied that the $10 billion...
Walmart Sues U.S. to Clarify Pharmacy Liability in Opioid Crisis October 23, 2020 Walmart Inc. said on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit against the federal government, seeking clarity on the roles and...
Crisis Within a Crisis: How COVID-19 Is Driving the Opioid Epidemic October 13, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield While the current national health conversation has largely centered on the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in more than 200,000...
Facing Deceptive Opioid Marketing Suits, Mallinckrodt Files for Bankruptcy October 12, 2020 Mallinckrodt Plc filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, saddled with lawsuits alleging it fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic and after...
U.S. Court Upholds State Tax on Drugmakers to Defray Opioid Crisis Costs September 15, 2020 By Nate Raymond A federal appeals court on Monday cleared the way for New York state to collect about $200 million from drug...
New York Regulator Issues Insurance Fraud Action Against Two Opioid Manufacturers August 20, 2020 The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has filed charges and initiated administrative proceedings against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries...