The court will decide whether Purdue’s owners can gain permanent immunity from future opioid lawsuits in exchange for payments up to $6 billion.
Category: Opioids and Opiates
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Rite Aid Files for Bankruptcy, Facing Slumping Sales and Opioid Suits
The pharmacy chain, one of the country’s largest, faces more than a thousand lawsuits that say it filled illegal prescriptions for painkillers.
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Kroger Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion to Settle Opioid Claims
The grocery chain, which did not admit wrongdoing, is the latest company accused of helping to fuel the opioid crisis to announce a settlement.
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Narcan Available for Over-the-Counter Purchase: What to Know
The overdose-reversal drug should be more widely available, health experts have said. It arrives in many stores next week, no prescription necessary.
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Mallinckrodt’s Bankruptcy Plan Would Cut Payments to Opioid Victims by $1 Billion
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals had promised $1.7 billion to governments, individuals and others harmed by the opioid crisis.
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Restaurant Workers With Narcan Are on the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic
As fentanyl overdoses in public spaces spike, the lifesaving drug Narcan is being stocked by more and more bars and restaurants.
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Opioid Settlement Money Is Being Spent on Police Cars and Overtime
As states and counties spend the first wave of billions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry, public health groups are challenging how some funds are being used.
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Should Opioid Settlement Money Be Spent on Law Enforcement?
As states and counties spend the first wave of billions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry, public health groups are challenging how some funds are being used.
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What the Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear the Purdue Pharma Case Means
A federal appeals court had signed off on a deal that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from lawsuits in exchange for billions for those harmed by the opioid epidemic.
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Supreme Court Pauses Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Deal
A federal appeals court had signed off on an agreement, now on hold, that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from opioid-related lawsuits in exchange for $6 billion for victims.
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‘American Pain’ Review: When the Pills and the Money Kept On Flowing
Darren Foster’s documentary offers an energetic profile of twin brothers who operated a slick drug trafficking operation in South Florida.
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An Appeals Court Gave the Sacklers Legal Immunity. Here’s What the Ruling Means.
In return for the shield, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma are committed to paying up to $6 billion to help compensate communities and individuals for the ravages of the opioid epidemic.