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Washington To Get $371.8M To Fight Opioid Crisis
Following the settlement of a lawsuit against opioid-producing and -selling businesses, the state of Washington will receive $371.8 million to combat opioid addiction, according to the state Attorney General's Office. The 125 local…
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Warren County Sues 29 Companies Over Opioid Crisis
On Friday, Warren County filed a lawsuit in the United States Federal District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Bowling Green Division, against 29 companies involved in the manufacturing, selling, and distribution of opioids…
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Virginia Receives First Payment From $99M Opioid Settlement
Virginia has already received its first payment from the $99 million opioid settlement, spanned over nine years with Johnson & Johnson.The initial payment of $67.4 million from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson &…
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Washington settles with J&J for $150M in opioid crisis
The Washington state attorney general has declared a settlement of $149.5 million with pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, concluding a legal battle initiated over four years ago regarding the company's involvement in the opioid …
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$5.2M Settlement For WV In Deceptive Opioid Marketing
West Virginia Attorney General reached a multistate settlement against a pharmaceutical company over allegations of falsely and aggressively marketing and promoting opioids.According to a news release, Indivior, a global pharmaceutical…
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Teva & Rhode Island Agree On A $100M Opioid Deal
Teva Pharmaceuticals and its several affiliates have agreed on a settlement worth more than $100 million with Rhode Island over the company's role in the opioid crisis.The settlement would even include $28.5 million in cash along with drug…
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$641M Opioid Settlement For New Jersey
New Jersey is all set to join the $26 billion nationwide opioid settlement, which will reward the state with $641 million for the opioid crisis faced by its people and communities.The settlement was announced in July 2021 and involves drug…
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Hamilton County Scheduled To Earn $7M In Opioid Settlement
As fentanyl deaths rise, Hamilton County is scheduled to earn more than $7 million as part of a $26 billion nationwide settlement with an opioid producer and distributor.On July 21, 2021, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general…
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RI Gets $56M Opioid Settlement from Walmart, CVS, Walgreens
Three major national drugstore chains, CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens, are set to pay over $56 million in the final round of legal settlements with the state of Rhode Island over allegations of flooding communities with addictive opioid …
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Opioid Lawsuit Awarded In 3 Drug Distributors' Favor
In a historic case accusing three large American drug distributors of creating a public health emergency by dispensing 81 million pills over an eight-year period in a West Virginia county where opioid addiction is rampant, a federal court…