USA: Rise in opioids deaths leads state officials to file claims against drug firms and distributors

USA: Baltimore reaches $45 million settlement with CVS in opioid litigation

Date:: 12 Aug 2024
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Baltimore has secured a $45 million settlement from CVS, its second such settlement in ongoing opioid litigation, with CVS denying any wrongdoing.

USA: Supreme Court rejects nationwide Purdue Pharma opioid settlement

Date:: 27 Jun 2024
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The US Supreme Court rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded the Sackler family from civil lawsuits but provided billions to combat the opioid epidemic. The 5-4 decision blocks the agreement, leaving the future of the settlement uncertain.

USA: Supreme Court pauses $6bn settlement shielding family behind opioid company from future lawsuits

Date:: 10 Aug 2023
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The US Supreme Court blocked $6bn a settlement between Purdue Pharma and eight states as well as the District of Columbia. It was concluded amidst bankruptcy proceedings of the OxyContin manufacturer, stemming from litigation over its role in fueling the opioid addiction crisis. The settlement would have shielded the family behind the company from future lawsuits.

USA: Walmart proposes $3.1 billion settlement for opioid lawsuits

Date:: 17 Nov 2022
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Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to settle lawsuits nationwide over the impact of the prescriptions its pharmacies filled for powerful prescription opioid painkillers.

USA: Johnson & Johnson settles New Hampshire opioid lawsuit for $40.5 million

Date:: 2 Sep 2022
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"The settlement was announced Thursday, less than a week before the case was set to go to trial in Merrimack County Superior Court."

USA: Judge rules CVS, Walgreens & Walmart must pay $650.6m for role in opioids crisis

Date:: 18 Aug 2022
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"CVS, Walgreens and Walmart must pay damages to two Ohio counties for oversupplying pills that ended up on black market."

Native American tribes reach a tentative opioid settlement with J&J and distributors

Date:: 3 Mar 2022
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"The drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and the opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen, McKesson and Cardinal Health will pay Native American tribes $590 million under the terms of a proposed settlement filed Tuesday".

USA: Owners of Purdue Pharma propose new $6 billion settlement to resolve claims about company’s alleged responsibility in opioid crisis

Date:: 25 Feb 2022
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The Sackler Family, owners of Purdue Pharma, proposed a $6 billion settlement in Bankruptcy Court to resolve allegations that Purdue is responsible for the American opioid crisis.

USA : Jury finds Teva Pharmaceuticals liable for opioid crisis in New York state

Date:: 3 Jan 2022
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USA: Pharmaceutical company Allergan reaches $200 million settlement with State of New York, removing it from ongoing lawsuit over the opioid crisis

Date:: 14 Dec 2021
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Pharmaceutical company Allergan has reached a settlement with New York state and two of its counties as part of an agreement that removes it from an ongoing state lawsuit over the opioid crisis, it will pay $200 million that will be used to address opioid-related issues.

USA: Federal Court finds Walgreens, CVS, & Walmart liable for helping fuel the opioid crisis in Ohio, in landmark case

Date:: 24 Nov 2021
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“America's three largest pharmacies have been found to be liable for helping fuel a painkiller crisis in two Ohio counties, in a landmark case.”

USA: Oklahoma Supreme Court overturns historic opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson

Date:: 12 Nov 2021
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“Oklahoma’s highest court reversed a historic ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday, finding a judge incorrectly interpreted public nuisance laws in the nation’s first major trial over the opioid epidemic.”

USA: States vow to fight Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan that shields company owners from opioid lawsuits

Date:: 19 Oct 2021
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"A federal judge said...that he would approve Purdue Pharma LP’s bankruptcy reorganization plan that will resolve thousands of lawsuits and shield the Sackler family from future opioid litigation."

USA: New trial begins against pharmacy chains sued over opioid epidemic

Date:: 6 Oct 2021
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"The first trial of four large pharmacy chains over the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic was set to begin on Monday, as two Ohio counties seek to convince jurors the companies are responsible for flooding their communities with addictive pain pills."

USA: McKesson, Cardinal, & Amerisource Bergen settle New York state opioid lawsuit for $1.1 billion

Date:: 22 Jul 2021
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USA : McKinsey consulting company settles lawsuit over alleged role in fuelling opioid crisis for $573 million

Date:: 5 Feb 2021
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The consulting company was investigated for allegedly working with Purdue Pharma to help increasing sales of the Oxycontin painkiller.

USA: 21 states reject $18 billion proposal to settle opioid lawsuits in hopes of higher compensation

Date:: 17 Feb 2020
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USA: Pharmacies involved in opioid litigation file subsequent lawsuit against physicians for their role in prescribing opioids

Date:: 9 Jan 2020
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Pharmacies Must Produce 14 Years Of Opioid Records In Multi-District Litigation

Date:: 2 Jan 2020
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USA: 2020 may bring even more nationwide opioid-related litigation

Date:: 30 Dec 2019
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USA: Top drug distributors settle opioid lawsuit for $260 million

Date:: 21 Oct 2019
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USA: Top drug distributors may settle opioid lawsuits for billions

Date:: 15 Oct 2019
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USA: Painkiller maker Purdue Pharma sued by 5 additional states over alleged misconduct in opioids marketing & sales

Date:: 21 May 2019
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Drugmakers, in Bid to Extinguish Opioid Suits, Say There's No 'Viable Legal Theory'

Date:: 5 Jun 2018
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Opioid litigation-funding deals are up for federal judge's review

Date:: 7 May 2018
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Big Pharma must face lawsuit over opioids in Delaware, judge rules

Date:: 2 May 2018
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Opioid judge orders trials, DEA records as 'step toward defeating the disease'

Date:: 13 Apr 2018
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Cleveland, Cuyahoga County's opioid lawsuits set as first cases against drug companies to go to trial, judge says

Date:: 12 Apr 2018
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Opioid makers face hundreds of lawsuits for misleading doctors about drug’s addictive nature

Date:: 29 Jan 2018
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Mayor de Blasio Announces Lawsuit Against Nation's Largest Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors

Date:: 23 Jan 2018
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'I don’t know how they live with themselves' – artist Nan Goldin takes on the billionaire family behind OxyContin

Date:: 22 Jan 2018
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USA: Multidistrict litigation will look into drug manufacturers & distributors' alleged contribution to opioid deaths

Date:: 7 Dec 2017
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USA: Opioids deaths lead state officials to target drug firms, following model of lawsuits against tobacco industry

Date:: 27 Jun 2017
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USA: Cherokee Nation sues 6 of the largest drug companies over alleged “epidemic” of prescription painkiller abuse leading to deaths

Date:: 21 Apr 2017
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USA: Time to hold pharmaceuticals like Purdue Pharma responsible for opioid epidemic, says Leon Kaye (TriplePundit)

Date:: 23 May 2016
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