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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 expenses of U.S. hospitals by up to $126 million over 18 years.The Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva…
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$195.5M From National Opioid Settlement For New Mexico
03/25/2022 - 11:00New Mexico will get $195.5 million from four pharmaceutical companies as part of a national opioid settlement for fueling the opioid crisis throughout the nation.Drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson (J&J), along with distributors…
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$2M For Austin Public Health To Fight Opioid Crisis
01/20/2023 - 21:37Local officials now have new allies in their fight against Travis County's escalating problem of deadly opioid overdoses.The federal government is now collaborating with local officials to help handle a local public health concern.…
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$530M Opioid Settlement Expected For Virginia
03/25/2022 - 10:41Virginia is all set to get $530 million in the coming months from the national opioid settlement with the manufacturers to fight the opioid crisis in the state.Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said that the Virginia Opioid Abatement…
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Opioid Crisis Settlement Divides Victims, Awaits Supreme Court
11/25/2023 - 09:01The settlement reached by the manufacturer of OxyContin to resolve numerous lawsuits related to the opioid crisis may aid in addressing the overdose epidemic linked to the painkiller, but not all victims are content with the agreement.In…
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Counties Plan Funding Ahead Of Opioid Settlement Payout
07/26/2022 - 15:44Counties are planning in full swing to decide on how to invest the funds that would be received from the national opioid settlement, which would ease the nation's drugs crisis.The general impression was that the counties are carefully…
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1.8 Billion Opioid Settlement For Texas
03/31/2022 - 15:04A lead negotiator in Texas' ongoing opioid multidistrict litigation (MDL), along with a committee of trial lawyers and the Office of the Texas Attorney General, has reached a $1.8 billion settlement for Texas.As per the agreement, the local…
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San Francisco & Endo Reach A $10M Opioid Settlement
04/21/2022 - 14:53A $10 million settlement which would be paid over the course of 10 years has been reached between Endo Pharmaceuticals and San Francisco over the company's role in the opioid crisis.The settlement has come just days before the company's…
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CVS, Teva, Others Enter A $878M Opioid Settlement With Florida
04/05/2022 - 08:17CVS Health Corp and three drug companies have reached an $878 million settlement with Florida to avoid the next month's trial over the companys' role in fueling the opioid crisis.As per the agreement, Endo International Plc will pay $65…
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MN Gets First Opioid Treatment "Safe Station"
05/11/2023 - 18:42The number of opioid-related deaths in Minnesota has more than quadrupled since 2019, so the state's Fire Department has developed a novel strategy to address the problem.The Twin Cities Recovery Project's "Safe Station" in Fire House 14 on…