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Four pharmaceutical companies have reached a $260 million settlement in response to the national opioid epidemic. The settlement, announced on Oct. 21, was reached on the eve of a first-of-its-kind federal trial, CNN reports. The settlement totaling $260… Read More
Johnson & Johnson has reached a tentative settlement in Ohio in response to a federal lawsuit over the nation’s opioid epidemic, The Washington Post reports. The health-care giant will pay $10 million to Cuyahoga and Summit counties, Ohio,… Read More
Amid hints of a pending bankruptcy filing, officials are weighing their options in a mounting legal push against Purdue Pharma, manufacturer of the narcotic prescription painkiller, OxyContin. Oklahoma settled for $270 million with Purdue and the company’s owners,… Read More
Gripped by the tragic toll of prescription drug overdoses, states, municipalities and labor unions are suing opioid manufacturers. “Philadelphia-area union workers are joining a wave of litigation against opioid manufacturers after losing eight members to addiction in 11… Read More
