Lilly Sues 4 Compounders Over Copies of Weight-Loss Drugs April 24, 2025 Eli Lilly said Wednesday it had sued four compounders for selling unapproved products containing tirzepatide, after a U.S. judge last...
Walgreens to Pay $300 Million in US Opioid Settlement April 22, 2025 By Brendan Pierson Walgreens has agreed to pay $300 million to settle U.S. prosecutors’ allegations that it illegally filled millions of invalid prescriptions...
Merck’s $8 Billion Cancer Vaccine Faces First US Jury Trial January 27, 2025 By Peter Blumberg Merck & Co. is facing its first jury trial over claims the company wrongfully marketed its lucrative Gardasil cancer vaccine...
Walgreens Ignored Red Flags in Dispensing Opioids, US Says January 21, 2025 By Madlin Mekelburg The Department of Justice sued Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. for allegedly dispensing opioids and other controlled substances at pharmacies across...
Texas Pharmacy Owner Sentenced in $41M Health Insurance Fraud October 31, 2024 A Dallas pharmacy owner who routinely billed insurance companies for headache sprays, pain creams, and scar creams never dispersed to...
Walgreens Paying $106.8 Million to Settle Prescription Billing Fraud Charges September 16, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Walgreens Boots Alliance agreed to pay $106.8 million to settle charges it fraudulently billed the U.S. government for prescriptions that...
Latest Trial Over Zantac Cancer Claims Called Off as Plaintiff Drops Case June 11, 2024 By Brendan Pierson A woman who claimed in a lawsuit that GSK’s discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused her breast cancer dropped her case...
AstraZeneca to Pay $425 Million to End US Lawsuits Over Heartburn Drugs October 4, 2023 By Brendan Pierson Britain’s AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $425 million to settle about 11,000 lawsuits in the United States that claimed its...
EU Probes Anesthesia Complication for New Weight-Loss Drugs September 29, 2023 By Naomi Kresge and Madison Muller European authorities are investigating whether popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs including Novo Nordisk A/S’s Wegovy may be linked to complications...
As Complaints Against Pharmacists Rise So Does the Cost to Defend Them September 22, 2023 The cost to defend complaints against pharmacists to their State Board has increased more than 100% in the last decade,...