Opioids
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76 Billion Opioids in 6 Years: The American Opioid Epidemic
According to a database created by the DEA, American drug companies created a blizzard of…
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$10M Fraud Scheme Giving Kickbacks to Postal Workers
Two associates and New Jersey doctor, the owner of the pharmacy, charged in $10 million…
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US Drug Companies Distributed 76 Billion Pain Pills Over 7 Years
Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across…
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Purdue Weighs Filing for Bankruptcy in Midst of Opioid Crisis
In the midst of the opioid crisis, experts in the multi-district litigation claim that repairing…
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Oklahoma Wrapping Up J&J Opioid Litigation
Following 6 weeks of testimony, Johnson&Johnson(J&J) and lawyers for Oklahoma’s state opioid litigation are set…
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Native American Tribes Target Sackler Family in Opioid Law
New lawsuits by hundreds of tribes, cities and counties alleges that the Sackler family earned…
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Nevada’s New Complaint Sues Opioid Conspirators
Nevada’s expanded lawsuit claims that over 40 conspirators in the opioid epidemic created an “unprecedented…
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U.S. Reaches $1.4B Opioid-Drug Settlement With Reckitt Benckiser
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC will pay up to $1.4 billion to settle U.S. investigations into…
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Judge denies J&J motion to end opioid trial
An ongoing lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson for its part in the opioid crisis will…
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Front Group American Pain Society Goes Belly Up
Saying it is beleaguered by legal debt fighting lawsuits alleging that its policies contributed to…
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