U.S. states are racing to meet a deadline to commit to a $26 billion opioid settlement with three drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, as some grapple with local resistance and concerns the amount isn’t big enough to …
Former Purdue Pharma President Richard Sackler said on Wednesday that his family’s reign over the OxyContin maker did not contribute to the national opioid epidemic and downplayed his role in a marketing strategy that prosecutors said led to some unsafe …
A member of the Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma testified on Tuesday that his family bears a “moral responsibility” to help abate the U.S. opioid crisis but said it will not contribute financially to the effort unless it receives …
Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, members of the Sackler family, are nearing the end of their decades-long association with opioids, seeking court approval to pay billions of dollars and walk away from the business that helped make their fortune. …
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawyers for a West Virginia city and county hard hit by the opioid crisis began wrapping up their case in a $2.5 billion trial on Tuesday arguing major drug distributors flooded the region with the addictive pills, …
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced an agreement with McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc. and Amerisource Bergen Drug Corporation that will deliver up to $1.1 billion to New York state to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic. The $1.1 billion …
Maine’s governor plans to host the a virtual summit about the opioid crisis this week. Democratic Governor Janet Mills said she has scheduled the third annual Governor’s Opioid Response Summit for Thursday. She said the event is designed to assemble …
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a $4.5 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma over the company’s role in falsely marketing its products. The owners of Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, will be required to pay $4.5 billion over the next …
New York City and 21 of New York’s counties on Tuesday announced a lawsuit against consulting firm McKinsey & Company, accusing the company of contributing to the opioid crisis by helping create strategies to increase prescription drug sales. In the …
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court sided with Abbott Laboratories on Friday and threw out a lawsuit filed by Mobile County against the company over the opioid epidemic. In an 8-0 opinion in which one justice recused himself, the …
