opioid epidemic
FinanceAll 50 states agree to OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s plan for Sackler family to pay up to $7 billion to settle opioid epidemic lawsuits
By Geoff Mulvihill and The Associated PressJune 18, 2025
FinancePurdue Pharma makes new offer to settle lawsuits over Oxycontin opioid crisis, and it includes up to $7 billion cash from the Sacklers
By Geoff Mulvihill and The Associated PressMarch 19, 2025
PoliticsCanada appoints former Mountie as fentanyl czar as part of deal with Trump to avoid 25% tariffs
By The Associated PressFebruary 12, 2025
By Bloomberg and Gerry SmithJanuary 31, 2025
HealthPurdue Pharma and Sackler family to pay $7.4 billion in revised settlement of lawsuits over OxyContin opioid toll
By Geoff Mulvihill and The Associated PressJanuary 24, 2025
HealthOhio Supreme Court says counties can’t sue pharmacy chains in decision that could overturn a $650 million opioid judgment
By Julie Carr Smyth and The Associated PressDecember 11, 2024
HealthArkansas is suing pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Optum, accusing them of fueling the state’s opioid crisis
By Andrew DeMillo and The Associated PressJune 25, 2024
FinanceMexico’s meth trade has become so lucrative it is exporting the drugs as far away as Hong Kong and Australia
By The Associated PressApril 23, 2024
HealthOxyContin marketer and opioid maker announce $500m in settlements to avoid trials on their responsibility for crisis
By Geoff Mulvihill and The Associated PressFebruary 2, 2024
HealthEBay will pay $59m settlement over pill presses sold on the site—the kind used to make counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl
By Lindsay Whitehurst and The Associated PressFebruary 1, 2024
FinanceSupreme Court justices agonize over Purdue Pharma settlement that would let Sackler family walk away with billions: ‘There is no other deal’
By Mark Sherman and The Associated PressDecember 5, 2023
FinanceOxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma heads to Supreme Court in case over whether $6bn payoff can shield Sackler owners from future lawsuits
By Mark Sherman and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2023
FinanceRite Aid files for bankruptcy in the face of massive debts and ‘potentially significant’ claims for its role in the opioid epidemic
By Amelia Pollard, Ameya Karve and BloombergOctober 16, 2023
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