Indian American Pharma millionaire sent to 5.5 years imprisonment for bribery for pushing opioids Medical Dialogues Bureau24 Jan 2020 10:30 AM ISTBoston: The founder of an Arizona pharmaceutical company was ordered to spend 5 1/2 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating a bribery and kickback...
USFDA panel votes against Nektar painkiller MD bureau15 Jan 2020 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Independent advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday unanimously voted against Nektar Therapeutics' opioid painkiller...
Families say OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must be held accountable for its role in opioid epidemic Medical Dialogues Bureau5 Aug 2019 9:00 AM ISTThe parents and their supporters rallied outside a Boston courthouse Friday as a judge heard arguments in Massachusetts' lawsuit against Purdue...
Protest planned outside court during Purdue Pharma hearing Medical Dialogues Bureau4 Aug 2019 9:00 AM ISTPurdue Pharma will argue in Suffolk Superior Court that Democratic state Attorney General Maura Healey's lawsuit distorts facts, makes oversimplified...
Oklahoma judge denies motion to end case against drugmaker JnJ Medical Dialogues Bureau9 July 2019 9:00 AM ISTDistrict Judge Thad Balkman denied Johnson & Johnson lawyers' motion asking him to end the case mid-trial and rule in favour of the New Brunswick,...
Teva Pharma to settle $85 million opioid claims of Oklahoma Medical Dialogues Bureau27 May 2019 9:00 AM ISTOklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has alleged that JnJ and Teva Pharma, along with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP, carried out deceptive marking...
Following opioid suits, family behind deadly OxyContin squabbles Medical Dialogues Bureau11 May 2019 9:00 AM ISTNEW YORK: A united front among members of the billionaire Sackler family behind painkiller OxyContin is showing signs of strain from litigation over...
Trump to keep fighting opioids 'until our job is done' Medical Dialogues Bureau28 April 2019 9:00 AM ISTWhile prescription opioids initially accounted for most deaths, the epidemic is now driven by illicit heroin and fentanyl.ATLANTA: President Donald...
Rochester Drug Cooperative fined $20 million in criminal case against drug distributor over opioids Medical Dialogues Bureau24 April 2019 9:00 AM ISTThe company where the executives worked, Rochester Drug Cooperative (RDC), is one of the country's largest distributors of prescription opioids. It...
USFDA nod to Teva generic nasal spray-Narcan to treat opioid overdose Medical Dialogues Bureau21 April 2019 9:27 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted final approval of the first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, commonly known as Narcan, a...
US to wrap criminal trial of Insys Therapeutics' executives tied to opioid crisis Medical Dialogues Bureau6 April 2019 8:59 AM ISTBOSTON: Prosecutors on Thursday will present their closing arguments in the trial of the wealthy founder of pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics...
USFDA takes action to combat illegal online sale of opioids including Tramadol Medical Dialogues Bureau5 April 2019 9:15 AM ISTU.S: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration(USFDA) recently announced the issuance of two warning letters to operators of websites that illegally...
