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Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegister WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Friday nearly $1.5 billion to fund access to medications for opioid overdoses, sanctions against traffickers, and increased funding for law enforcement, the White House said. The Biden administration is keen to show it is taking […]
The CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Kare Schultz speaks during a news conference to discuss the company’s 2019 outlooks in Tel Aviv, Israel February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegister TEL AVIV, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
July 26 (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA.TA) on Tuesday announced a $4.35 billion proposed nationwide settlement that could resolve thousands of lawsuits over the drugmaker’s alleged role in the U.S. opioid epidemic. The proposal calls for Teva to pay state and . . .
Tablets of the opioid-based Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register July 4 (Reuters) – McKesson Corp (MCK.N . . .
June 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave two doctors found guilty of misusing their licenses in the midst of the U.S. opioid epidemic to write thousands of prescriptions for addictive pain medications another chance to challenge their convictions. The justices ruled 9-0 in favor of Xiulu Ruan and Shakeel Kahn, who […]
June 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected bids by Insys Therapeutics Inc founder John Kapoor and another former executive of the drugmaker to overturn their convictions for conspiring to bribe doctors to prescribe addictive opioids and defraud insurers into paying for them. The justices turned away appeals by Kapoor, the former […]
Health and medicine | News releases | Politics and government | Public Health May 27, 2022
Approximately 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County between 2012 and 2016 — 400 for every county resident — while 61 million pills were dispensed in Lake County during that five-year period — 265 pills for every resident. How much money should CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies pay two Ohio counties in damages […]
The fatal overdose rate among Black people surpassed that for white people in the first year of the pandemic, as an increasingly lethal drug supply and Covid-19’s destabilizing effects exacted a heavy toll on vulnerable communities in the U.S. The proliferation of the potent opioid fentanyl, and a pandemic that has added hazards for people […]
WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice and Treasury Departments should review the tax deductions four drugmakers made related to their $26 billion opioid settlement, the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee said in a statement on Monday. The lawmakers, in a letter dated March 10, asked the departments to examine the tax breaks […]