Opioids

Recently, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new guidance on appropriate tapering or…

Recently, the Justice Department Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a report criticizing the regulatory activities and…

The current U.S. opioid epidemic has been branded as “the worst drug crisis in America’s history” and a “man-made plague.” …

Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire recently wrote an op-ed for Modern Healthcare in which she opined on the need for increased…

On each day in 2017, 91 deaths were attributed to opioid overdose; in fact, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids has…

The first opioid case to go trial has just concluded in Oklahoma with J&J as the sole defendant. This case is important for…

On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will host a public meeting…

On Monday, August 26, 2017, an Oklahoma judge ruled on the historic Johnson & Johnson opioid case, finding that the company…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires each State Medicaid Program to submit to CMS an annual report on the…

Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published a new draft guidance entitled Opioid Analgesic Drugs:…