OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agrees to provide proprietary research, other data Medical Dialogues Bureau25 Aug 2019 9:00 AM ISTOKLAHOMA CITY: The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin has agreed to provide access to proprietary research and other data to researchers at...
Oklahoma judge to rule in opioid lawsuit against JnJ Medical Dialogues Bureau24 Aug 2019 9:10 AM ISTLawyers 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...
Allergan, Endo agree to USD 15 million settlement in major opioid case Medical Dialogues Bureau24 Aug 2019 9:00 AM ISTAllergan has tentatively agreed to pay $5 million to resolve claims involving its branded opioids, though the deal does not resolve claims involving...
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 approves Teva Pharma USD 85 million opioid settlement Medical Dialogues Bureau25 Jun 2019 9:00 AM ISTU.S: An Oklahoma judge on Monday approved a revised $85 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Teva Pharma) resolving claims by...
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...
Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading Medical Dialogues Bureau4 April 2019 9:04 AM ISTBOSTON: 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 9:00 AM ISTNEW 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 9:15 AM ISTPurdue 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...