U.S. Sues AmerisourceBergen, Says Distributor Helped Ignite Opioid Epidemic January 3, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel, Nate Raymond and Gram Slattery The U.S. government filed a lawsuit accusing AmerisourceBergen Corp., one of the nation’s largest drug distributors, of helping ignite the...
Ohio Court: Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Drug Distributor Against Opioid Lawsuit September 9, 2022 By Jim Sams An insurer has no duty to defend a drug distributor against lawsuits filed by cities and counties that allege it...
New Hampshire Joins States Suing Pharmacies Over Role in Opioid Epidemic July 28, 2022 By Holly Ramer The state of New Hampshire sued pharmacy chains Tuesday, becoming the latest government entity seeking to hold them accountable for...
New York Expands Opioid Settlement Board March 22, 2022 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Saturday expanding the state’s Opioid Settlement Board from 19 members to 21 members....
Purdue’s Sacklers Consider Adding $1 Billion More to Opioid Settlement February 11, 2022 By Jef Feeley, Jeremy Hill and Malathi Nayak Members of the billionaire Sackler family that own Purdue Pharma LP are weighing whether to add $1 billion to the...
Bipartisan Report Calls for New Strategy, Cabinet Post to Fight Opioid Epidemic February 9, 2022 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar The U.S. needs a nimble, multipronged strategy and Cabinet-level leadership to counter its festering overdose epidemic, a bipartisan congressional commission...
Ruling Against Purdue’s Sacklers Puts Controversial Bankruptcy Tactic in Spotlight December 20, 2021 By Mike Spector and Dan Levine A federal judge’s decision to unravel a settlement shielding members of the Sackler family from future opioid litigation could upend...
Judge Tosses $4.5B Deal Shielding Sacklers From Purdue Opioid Claims December 17, 2021 By Brendan Pierson A federal judge has thrown out a $4.5 billion settlement that would have shielded the Sackler family, which owned OxyContin...
AbbVie Pays $200M to Settle Opioid Marketing Case Right Before Trial Ends December 9, 2021 By Brendan Pierson AbbVie Inc. agreed to pay $200 million to settle claims by New York that its Allergan unit helped fuel an...
Sackler Family Denies Scheme to Abuse Bankruptcy System and Avoid Liability December 7, 2021 By Maria Chutchian Members of the Sackler family on Monday said billions of dollars they collected from Purdue Pharma before the company filed...