illegal opioid use

HS 27/07/2022

The proposed settlement is the latest move by a company seeking to resolve the costly litigation. Under the terms, the...

HS 11/03/2022

Victims of the opioid epidemic confronted the Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma LP for the first time in...

HS 31/12/2021

A jury in New York state found drugmaker Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. liable for creating a public nuisance in the...

HS 17/12/2021

Zachary Didier took what looked like a prescription pain pill just after Christmas last year, according to his parents. It...

HS 24/11/2021

A federal jury in Cleveland on Tuesday found that the companies owning CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies were liable for...

HS 22/07/2021

States unveiled a historic $26 billion settlement with drug companies to resolve thousands of opioid-crisis lawsuits, paving the way for...

HS 20/07/2021

From 1999 to 2019, the nation lost nearly half a million people to overdoses of prescription and illegal opioids. Photo:...

HS 20/04/2021

A lawyer for several large California communities accused four drugmakers of causing a deadly wave of opioid addiction with their...

HS 29/01/2021

McKinsey & Co. is close to reaching a settlement with state attorneys general over advice it gave to Purdue Pharma...