Opioids

McKesson Corporation agreed to pay $37 million to settle a lawsuit by the state of West Virginia alleging that McKesson willfully…

In June 2017, the state of Oklahoma sued several pharmaceutical companies for their alleged roles in the state’s opioid epidemic.…

As the opioid addiction epidemic rages on, various Federal government agencies continue enforcement efforts in an attempt to stem…

On May 2, 2019, a federal jury convicted the founder and four former executives of Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (Insys) of a…

On April 23, 2019, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney and N.Y. Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration announced the “first ever…

On March 26, 2019, Purdue Pharma LP, the manufacturer of OxyContin, together with the Sackler family who own the company, agreed…

Drug pricing and opioids have remained front and center as the 116th Congress got sworn in and started hosting hearings and…

On Thursday, February 28, 2019, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related…

On January 29, 2019, United States Representative David “Phil” Roe introduced House Concurrent Resolution 8, expressing the sense…

The opioid crisis in the United States continues to worsen with thousands dying each month, and those numbers predicted to…