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Drugs & Medical Devices
Opioid Distributors and AGs Try to Negotiate Settlement in Billions
Cardinal Health, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen have proposed paying $10 billion to settle all claims that they contributed to the opioid crisis. All three opioid distributors have been hit hard with claims that they did not do enough to flag and discontinue shipping large, suspicious orders of addictive drugs. The companies made the verbal proposal with
Opioid Settlement Funds Need to be Used Correctly, Experts Say
Opioid settlement needs to have more directon than the tobacco one, experts say.
Arizona Takes Opioid Case to the State’s Supreme Court
Arizona decides to take its allegations against Purdue and the Sacklers directly to the Supreme Court.
Generics are Not Off the Hook in Opioid Crisis
Generics companies failed to scale back on opioid distribution even when orders were highly suspicious.
U-M Study Finds Half of New Mothers are Prescribed Opioids
Study finds that 50% of new mothers are prescribed opioids and many are still taking them one year later.
New Additives Discovered in Cocaine are Concerning, Experts Say
Experts are finding a multitude of dangerous toxins in cocaine that may increase overdose death rates.
Distributor Has Been Shipping Excess Opioids to Small Towns
Prosecutors have alleged an Ohio distributor shipped excessive amounts of opioids to small rural towns.
Cocaine Traffickers Use Creative (and Dangerous) Ways to Transport
A drug trafficker was caught with cocaine under his toupee and other weird ways to transport.
Documents Released, Opioid Distributors Blamed for Crisis
Documents released in the consolidated Cleveland litigation are damaging to opioid distributors.