State’s Purdue Opioid Suit Tests Holding Family, Purdue Directors Liable for Crisis August 5, 2019 By Janelle Lawrence Massachusetts took Purdue Pharma LP to task in a Boston courtroom Friday, blaming the opioid maker and the billionaire Sackler...
Doctor in Oklahoma Trial Says J&J Pushed Opioids Even After Abuse Became Known June 11, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Andrew Harris Oklahoma’s star witness told a state judge that Johnson & Johnson pressed doctors to prescribe its painkillers even as the...
Teva to Pay Oklahoma $85 Million to Avoid Trial Over Opioid Marketing May 27, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Anders Melin Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. agreed to pay $85 million to settle an Oklahoma lawsuit claiming that illegal marketing of its...
Jury Finds Insys Founder, Execs Guilty of Racketeering in Opioid Sales May 3, 2019 By Janelle Lawrence, Riley Griffin and Jef Feeley Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor was convicted of a racketeering conspiracy that drove sales of a highly addictive opioid...
Opioid Trial Winds Down; Insys Execs Deny Bribing Doctors, Duping Insurers April 5, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Janelle Lawrence A U.S. prosecutor portrayed Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor and other former executives as greedy and heartless during closing...
Family Behind Purdue Pharma Facing Second Suit Over Role in Opioid Crisis March 21, 2019 By Jef Feeley The billionaire family that owns opioid-maker Purdue Pharma LP has been accused by local governments in a new lawsuit of...
Jurors Told How Insys Chief Used Competitors’ Data to Drive Own Opioid Sales March 7, 2019 By Janelle Lawrence Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor didn’t cut corners when it came to collecting intelligence on opioid sales, using the...
How High-Pressure Insys Prescription Call Center Lied to Insurers to Sell Opioids February 26, 2019 By Janelle Lawrence The goal for Insys Therapeutics Inc.’s call center in Phoenix was simple: persuade insurers to authorize at least 70 prescriptions...
Former Insys CEO Pleads Guilty to Opioid Bribes; Agrees to Work with Prosecutors January 10, 2019 By Nate Raymond The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc. pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in a nationwide scheme to bribe...
One Drugmaker Sues Another to Pay Damages from Opioid Marketing Lawsuits August 8, 2018 By Nate Raymond Allergan Plc on Thursday sued Pfizer Inc. to require its rival to cover any damages it is forced to pay...