Purdue Pharma, which helped revolutionize the prescription painkiller business with its drug OxyContin, is proposing a $10 billion plan to emerge from bankruptcy that calls for it to be transformed into a different kind of […]
RALEIGH — Consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay over $573 million as part of a settlement to resolve claims of liability in the opioid epidemic. The claims were made by 43 states, […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce can support Johnson & Johnson’s bid to overturn a $465 million judgement against the opioid manufacturer, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled. The court allowed the Chamber […]
DUDLEY — A sheriff’s deputy was given the overdose antidote naloxone after being exposed to drugs during an investigation Wednesday, authorities said. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the deputy […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The government’s employee health plan will tighten its rules for covering prescription opioid painkillers starting this fall, the Trump administration said Monday. The announcement by a senior administration official was part of […]
RALEIGH — As North Carolina reels from its worst year of opioid overdoses in history in 2017, 2018 data is still being compiled and analyzed to determine if progress was made. Two drugs that were […]
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