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The settlement reached by the manufacturer of OxyContin to resolve numerous lawsuits related to the opioid crisis may aid in addressing the overdose…

A New Jersey appeals court has invalidated a $223.8 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson, which had been awarded by a jury to four individuals alleging they developed cancer due to…

In order to cover the county's legal expenses, Pennington County is requesting that the state adjust its national opioid settlement amounts in court.

The nationwide opioid…

A prominent producer of CPAP devices, Philips Respironics, has chosen to pay up US$479 million to resolve a number of lawsuits.

The…

In order to settle the hundreds of lawsuits filed by American states, local governments, and Native American tribes alleging Kroger's pharmacies contributed to the country's opioid…

Manufacturer of chemicals and consumer goods 3M said that it has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve claims filed by U.S. military members that the company's defective earplugs…

Los Angeles County has joined a growing list of local governments that have accused pharmacy benefit managers—unknown middlemen in the prescription drug business—of fueling the opioid…

To lower the risk of deadly overdoses from fentanyl and other opioids in rural regions, Maine will receive $1.4 million in federal funds.

The money was announced by the U.S.…

The first-year compensation from a second wave of federal court settlements involving the opioid and addiction problem could total up to $148 million in Pennsylvania.

Deals…

According to recently disclosed data, the amount of prescription opioid tablets transported into the United States in the second half of the 2010s fell significantly, even as the…