After a long day of negotiations on Friday between major drug industry corporations and thousands of local governments and states suing over the companies’ role in the opioid epidemic, talks ended with the parties — even among the plaintiffs — still far apart.
The Washington Post: A Hometown Lawyer is Suing the Nation’s Largest Drug Companies Over the Opioid Crisis
This article was originally published in The Washington Post. Paul Farrell Jr., a West Virginia attorney driving a massive lawsuit against drug companies.
Los Angeles Times: Who’s to blame for the nation’s opioid crisis? Massive trial may answer that question
America’s opioid epidemic has claimed more than 400,000 lives and ensnared more than 2 million more in addiction. To the victims left in its wake, a legal drama scheduled to unfold in an Ohio courtroom next month may feel like a true shot at justice.
The Hill: Drug companies back effort to remove judge from federal lawsuit
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Los Angeles Times: Attorneys: OxyContin maker agrees to tentative settlement
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PBS: OxyContin maker negotiating settlement worth a reported $12B
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Fox News: Oklahoma Johnson & Johnson verdict figures to impact other opioid lawsuits
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How an epic legal battle brought a secret drug database to light
This story was originally published by the Washington Post. By Joel Achenbach CLEVELAND — ARCOS was a secret database. The powerful interests who knew all about it — the drug industry and the federal government, specifically — wanted to maintain that secrecy. ARCOS, for Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System, was established by the Drug Enforcement Administration to track …
GQ: Drug Manufacturers Sent 5 Million Opioid Pills to One Town of Just 400 People
This article was originally published in GQ. Unsealed court documents show pharmaceutical companies flooded the country with highly addictive painkillers, while the DEA did nothing.
MSN News: Newly unsealed exhibits in opioid case reveal inner workings of the drug industry
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