A $1.7 Billion Opioid Settlement Is at Risk of Falling Apart June 16, 2023 By Jonathan Randles A major US opioid settlement is on the verge of unraveling. Mallinckrodt Plc, the drugmaker that first began producing morphine...
New Mexico Reaches $500M Settlement with Walgreens in Opioid Case June 13, 2023 New Mexico has settled with Walgreens for $500 million over the pharmacy chain’s role in distributing highly addictive prescription painkillers....
Purdue Pharma Can Protect Sackler Owners in Opioid Bankruptcy, Court Rules May 30, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth Bankrupt Oxycontin manufacturer Purdue Pharma can shield its owners, members of the wealthy Sackler family, from opioid lawsuits in exchange...
Rite Aid Faces Securities Suit Over Allegedly Filling Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions March 21, 2023 By Chad Hemenway A Rite Aid Corp. shareholder on March 20 filed a securities class action lawsuit against the company as well as...
U.S. Sues Rite Aid for Missing Opioid Red Flags March 14, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel The U.S. government on Monday sued Rite Aid Corp., accusing the pharmacy chain of missing “red flags” as it illegally...
Court Tosses Wyoming Doctor’s Pain Medication Prescription Convictions February 8, 2023 A federal appeals court threw out the convictions of a Wyoming doctor accused of overprescribing powerful pain medication and ordered...
Duane Morris: 2022 Was a Banner Year for Billion-Dollar Class Action Settlements January 18, 2023 Drugmakers and distributors that settled misconduct allegations related to the national opioid epidemic led to a banner year for class-action...
Teva Says Opioids Settlement to Move Forward January 9, 2023 Israeli drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said there was sufficient participation from U.S. states and local authorities to move forward...
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...
U.S. Opioid Crackdown Hits Some Patients’ Access to Psychiatric Drugs December 12, 2022 By Ahmed Aboulenein A crackdown by U.S. drug wholesalers in response to the opioid crisis is preventing some pharmacists from dispensing a combination...