Mind-Altering Ketamine Becomes New Pain Treatment, Despite Little Research or Regulation November 7, 2023 By Matthew Perrone WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is...
DEA Failed to Punish Distributor Blamed in Opioid Crisis May 25, 2023 By Jim Mustian and Joshua Goodman SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug distributors to...
Teva, AbbVie Finalize $6.6 Billion U.S. Opioid Settlements November 22, 2022 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and AbbVie Inc. have finalized the terms of settlements worth more than $6.6 billion to resolve...
Walgreens Flooded Florida With Addictive Opioids, Lawyer Tells Jury April 12, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. supplied billions of opioid pills to drug addicts and criminals, contributing to an addiction epidemic in...
New Mexico to Join Nationwide Opioid Settlement With Drug Distributors December 8, 2021 By Nate Raymond New Mexico has agreed to join a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $21 billion resolving claims that the three...
Trial Against Pharmacy Chains’ Opioid Sales Set to Begin October 5, 2021 By Mark Gillispie CLEVELAND (AP) — Opening statements are scheduled for Monday afternoon in Cleveland in a federal court trial to determine whether...
J&J Agrees to Pay $230 Million to Settle New York Opioid Claim June 28, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to New York state to settle claims...
McKinsey Opioid Work Included Advising Distributors, Tribe Says June 4, 2021 By Jef Feeley McKinsey & Co.’s role in assisting companies profiting from opioid-based painkillers was “far more extensive” than just advising makers of...
Opioid Distributors Sold ‘Mountain of Pills,’ Lawyer Tells Judge May 4, 2021 By Jef Feeley and Katherine Chiglinsky The biggest drug distributors in the U.S. were accused of swamping a West Virginia county with millions of doses of...
Walmart Must Turn Over Files on Alleged Opioid Mishandling October 7, 2020 By Jef Feeley Walmart Inc. must disclose some internal files related to alleged mishandling of opioid painkillers sold through the company’s in-store pharmacies,...