Oklahoma judge to rule in opioid lawsuit against JnJ Medical Dialogues Bureau24 Aug 2019 3:40 AM GMTLawyers for the state called JnJ an opioid "kingpin" and contended its marketing efforts created a public nuisance in the form of the opioid crisis as...
US impose sanctions on network of online pharmacies for opioids Medical Dialogues Bureau25 May 2019 3:45 AM GMTThe move was the latest effort by the Trump Administration to tackle the U.S. epidemic of abuse and overdoses linked to prescription painkillers and...
Rochester Drug Cooperative fined $20 million in criminal case against drug distributor over opioids Medical Dialogues Bureau24 April 2019 3:30 AM GMTThe company where the executives worked, Rochester Drug Cooperative (RDC), is one of the country's largest distributors of prescription opioids. It...
US to wrap criminal trial of Insys Therapeutics' executives tied to opioid crisis Medical Dialogues Bureau6 April 2019 3:29 AM GMTBOSTON: Prosecutors on Thursday will present their closing arguments in the trial of the wealthy founder of pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics...
Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading Medical Dialogues Bureau4 April 2019 3:34 AM GMTBOSTON: Massachusetts authorities created a false picture of the Sackler family's role in promoting OxyContin, the Sacklers said Tuesday in their...
New York sues billionaire family behind maker of OxyContin Garima30 March 2019 3:30 AM GMTNEW YORK: New York is suing the billionaire family behind the company that created OxyContin, joining a growing list of state and local governments...
Purdue Pharma agrees to pay $270 million to settle opioid case Medical Dialogues Bureau28 March 2019 3:45 AM GMTPurdue Pharma introduced OxyContin in the 1990s and marketed it hard to doctors, making tens of billions of dollars from the drug. But the company has...
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma exploring bankruptcy: Report Farhat Nasim5 March 2019 3:50 AM GMTSales of OxyContin and other opioids have fallen amid public concern about their addictive nature, and as restrictions on opioid prescribing have been...
