Opioid Crisis

Health A doctor was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $30 million after he was convicted of masterminding a massive opioid scheme that prosecutors call one of the worst in history
BYThe Associated Press
January 30, 2023
Health Researchers may have discovered a breakthrough vaccine for fentanyl—the drug at the center of the opioid crisis
BYAlexa Mikhail
November 16, 2022
Retail Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion over sales of prescription opioids
BYGeoff Mulvihill and The Associated Press
November 15, 2022
Politics ‘There’s so much unchecked pain’: A West Virginia town heads to the polls as it grapples with an opioid crisis and an HIV outbreak
BYLeah Willingham and The Associated Press
November 7, 2022
Health CVS, Walgreens and Walmart agree to pay $12 billion to settle opioid epidemic lawsuits
BYJef Feeley, Fiona Rutherford, and others
November 2, 2022
Health Johnson & Johnson, drug distributors reach $26 billion settlement with states over opioids
BYJef Feeley, Chris Dolmetsch, and others
July 21, 2021

Finance McKinsey agrees to yet another mammoth opioids payment, this time to settle Nevada probe
BYMichelle L. Price and The Associated Press
March 23, 2021
Finance Oxycontin-maker Purdue looks for way out of bankruptcy with $10 billion plan
BYJeff Mulvihill and The Associated Press
March 16, 2021
Commentary Postponing elective surgeries due to COVID-19 might have pushed the opioid crisis to the next level
BYAdnan Asar
August 8, 2020
Commentary A guide for companies that want to fight the stigma around opioid addiction
BYChristopher J. Swift
July 6, 2020
Health New York Attorney General Clears Path for Production of Opioid Overdose Antidote
BYThe Associated Press
January 2, 2020
Health Bankruptcy Judge Thrust into Spotlight in Purdue Pharma Case
BYGeoff Mulvihill and The Associated Press
December 25, 2019
Health Michigan Uses Drug Trafficking Law to Sue Walgreens and Other Opioid Distributors
BYDavid Eggert and The Associated Press
December 17, 2019
Newsletters Is Loneliness Driving the Opioid Epidemic?
BYSy Mukherjee
December 11, 2019
Health 4 Drug Giants Reach $260 Million Settlement in Ohio Opioid Case. What Happens Next?
BYSy Mukherjee
October 21, 2019

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