Purdue's $6B Opioid Settlement Barred By Supreme Court
08/18/2023 - 21:40A multi-billion dollar bankruptcy deal by Purdue Pharma that would have shielded the company's Sackler family owners from civil litigation…
Long-term Use Of Heartburn Drugs Linked To Dementia Risk
08/14/2023 - 22:23The results of a recent study state that long-term adverse effects of Nexium, Prilosec, and other proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatments may…
Fall In Glyphosate Sales Affects Bayer's Profits
08/14/2023 - 22:15Bayer said that the lower prognosis for its Crop Science subsidiary and anticipated flat sales of glyphosate-based herbicides were the key…
Antibody Created To Neutralize Deadly Opioid Overdoses
08/10/2023 - 21:34According to preclinical experiments, scientists created an antibody that has a great chance of undoing the fatal consequences of a…
Study: 1 In 5 Adults With Opioid Addiction Get Treatment
08/10/2023 - 21:26Evidence-based treatments for substance use continued to be gravely underutilized as opioid overdose fatalities in the United States hit…
Opioid Company Looking To Avoid VA's $20M Settlement
08/07/2023 - 18:57A scheme to avoid paying more than $1 billion as part of a federal settlement for victims of the opioid crisis is being floated by one of…
US Hospitals To Get $126M From Teva Over Opioid Crisis
08/06/2023 - 21:55Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has agreed to resolve accusations that its marketing of opioid medications increased the operational…
NY Launches Opioid Awareness Campaign
08/06/2023 - 21:49After eight individuals overdosed there in the first week of July, authorities in the US state of New York started a campaign to raise…
J&J's Bankruptcy Move To Deal Talc Suits Fails A Second Time
08/02/2023 - 21:18Johnson & Johnson's second effort to settle tens of thousands of cases over its talc products in bankruptcy was rejected by a U.S. judge…
Governor Of New York Announces $22M To Combat Opioid Crisis
07/31/2023 - 21:55The governor of New York has announced more than $22 million in funding for a variety of opioid addiction prevention, treatment, harm…
FDA Approves Second Nasal Spray To Combat Opioid Crisis
07/31/2023 - 21:10RiVive, a 3 mg naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, has been given the go-ahead by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter…
Cook County Logs Record 2,000 Opioid Deaths In 2022
07/27/2023 - 21:42According to data revealed, opioid overdose deaths among Cook County residents continue to occur at an extraordinary pace, with fatalities…