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J&J Loses Supreme Court Bid To Stay In Bankruptcy

Categories: General

Despite the firm's planned Supreme Court appeal to use bankruptcy to resolve tens of thousands of cases over its talc products, a U.S. judge stated…

Lack Of Potency Led To Generic Yaz Birth Control Pill Recall

Categories: General

On July 23, FDA announced a recall on generic Yaz (drospirenone and Ethinyl estradiol) birth control pills sold by Jubilant Cadista Pharmaceuticals Inc. due to the risk…

FDA Orders Mail-Back Envelopes For Unused Opioids

Categories: FDA Related

The FDA stated that makers of opioid analgesics supplied in outpatient settings must make prepaid mail-back envelopes accessible to outpatient pharmacies and other dispensers as an…

Freed Inmates To Get Naloxone Doses From Sheriff

Categories: Announcements

The Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office has announced the delivery of 2,000 naloxone, opioid reversal pills, to individuals freed from New Orleans' central jail as part of a nationwide…

FDA: CPAP Machines May Not Deliver The Right Treatment

Categories: FDA Related

More than 1,000 apparently fixed Philips DreamStation CPAP and BiPAP machines are being recalled owing to a serial number mismatch, which may…

Juul To Pay $462M Over Illicit Vape Marketing

Categories: Settlements

Juul Labs Inc, the creator of e-cigarettes, has agreed to pay $462 million to resolve charges by six states, including New York and California, that it illegally promoted…

Cancer Victims' Lawyers Ask To Dismiss J&J's 2nd Bankruptcy

Categories: General

Lawyers for cancer patients stated in a court filing that Johnson & Johnson's second effort to settle talc cases through bankruptcy should be rejected as an unprecedented scam…

FDA Announces New Labeling & Safety Warnings For Opioids

Categories: FDA Related

In response to complaints that patients' sensitivity to pain or level of discomfort increased when using immediate-release (IR) and extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioids, the…

$1M In Opioid Settlement Funds For Aroostook County

Categories: Settlements

Aroostook County will receive more than $1 million in settlement funds for opioid prevention initiatives.

In addition to the $1.5 million given to the County by drug maker…

Veterans Ask Court To Reject 3M's Bankruptcy Plea

Categories: General

Veterans and military personnel in the United States have asked a judge to reject 3M's attempt to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies as a defence against…

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