In Ohio Suit, Pharmacies Say Prescribers Bear Responsibility for Opioid Crisis January 9, 2020 By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Doctors and other healthcare practitioners who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility for improper distribution of opioids to patients, not pharmacists...
Oklahoma Appeals Judge’s $465M Order in Opioid Lawsuit December 18, 2019 A judge didn’t order Johnson & Johnson to pay enough when he said the company must pay $465 million to...
Delaware Attorney General Loses Appeal Bid in Opioid Lawsuit December 17, 2019 By Randall Chase The state Supreme Court has refused a request by Delaware’s attorney general to review a judge’s decision dismissing Walgreens as...
Delaware Loses Bid for High Court Review of Opioid Suit Ruling December 6, 2019 By Randall Chase A judge who dismissed Walgreens as a defendant in Delaware’s lawsuit against the drug industry over the opioid crisis has...
OxyContin Marketed in China as Being Less Addictive — A Familiar Misleading Claim November 21, 2019 By Erika Kinetz Thousands of lawsuits across the United States have accused a drug company owned by the billionaire Sackler family of using...
Several States Have Doubts About $48 Billion Opioid Settlement Offer October 24, 2019 By Tom Hals and Nate Raymond Several U.S. states that have been ravaged by the opioid epidemic are pushing back on a proposed $48 billion settlement...
After Avoiding Ohio Trial, Drug Firms Turn to Local Government Opioid Lawsuits October 22, 2019 By Kathy Gray Four large drug companies could resume talks on Tuesday to try to reach a $48 billion settlement of all opioid...
Settling Opioid Suits Probably Won’t End the Crisis: Viewpoint October 21, 2019 By Joe Nocera, Bloomberg Opinion Imagine you’re the chief executive officer of a large pharmaceutical corporation with an important drug that’s under attack. More than...
Actuaries Estimate Four Years of Opioid Crisis Cost Economy $631 Billion October 17, 2019 The opioid epidemic cost the U.S. economy at least $631 billion from 2015 to 2018, according to a Society of...
Court Denies Ohio’s Attempt to Stop Cleveland Opioid Trial October 14, 2019 By Mark Gillispie A federal appeals court has denied an effort led by Ohio’s attorney general to stop a bellwether trial over the...