Walgreens Flooded Florida with Opioids, State Lawyer Tells Jury April 12, 2022 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. supplied billions of opioid pills to drug addicts and criminals, contributing to an addiction epidemic in...
US: Discrimination Based on Opioid Treatment Violates Law April 8, 2022 By Geoff Mulvihill A deepening opioid epidemic is prompting the U.S. Department of Justice to warn about discrimination against those who are prescribed...
Walgreens Goes to Trial in Florida Lawsuit on Opioids April 7, 2022 Most of the defendants in Florida’s lawsuit over the opioid epidemic have settled for more than $870 million, according to...
Purdue Pharma Judge Overrules DOJ to Approve $6 Billion Opioid Settlement March 10, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth and Tom Hals The judge overseeing Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy on Wednesday approved a $6 billion opioid settlement funded by its Sackler family owners,...
CDC Proposes Changes in Guidance to Doctors on Opioid Prescriptions February 16, 2022 By Mike Stobbe The nation’s top public health agency has proposed changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for U.S. doctors...
Tennessee Doc Pleads Guilty Then Sues Insurer After Clinic Burns Down January 26, 2022 A Tennessee doctor who pleaded guilty to running a pill mill has now filed suit against his property insurance carrier...
J&J Reaches Opioid Settlement with New Mexico January 18, 2022 By Nate Raymond Johnson & Johnson on Friday said it had agreed to pay $44 million to resolve claims that it fueled the...
Allergan Settles for $200M with New York Over Opioids December 10, 2021 Pharmaceutical company Allergan Finance LLC will pay $200 million to New York state and two of its counties as part...
Women Sue Yale Over Fentanyl Switch-Up at Fertility Clinic November 19, 2021 By Dave Collins Seven women who say they suffered excruciating pain after a nurse stole fentanyl for her personal use and replaced it...
Drugmaker Endo Settles Opioid Claims by New York, Counties for $50M September 13, 2021 By Nate Raymond and Sabahatjahan Contractor Drugmaker Endo International Plc on Thursday said it has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve lawsuits by New York...