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Opioid settlement talks broaden ahead of 1st federal trial

Efforts to settle thousands of lawsuits related to the nation’s opioid epidemic intensified ahead of the scheduled start of arguments in the first federal trial over the crisis. A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press that ...

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Opioid settlement talks broaden ahead of 1st federal trial

Efforts to settle thousands of lawsuits related to the nation’s opioid epidemic intensified ahead of the scheduled start of arguments in the first federal trial over the crisis. A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press that ...

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AP Exclusive: Colleges got $60M-plus from OxyContin family

Prestigious universities around the world have accepted at least $60 million over the past five years from the family that owns the maker of OxyContin, even as the company became embroiled in lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic, financial records ...

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AP Exclusive: Colleges got $60M-plus from OxyContin family

Prestigious universities around the world have accepted at least $60 million over the past five years from the family that owns the maker of OxyContin, even as the company became embroiled in lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic, financial records ...

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Drug stores trying to remove judge from US opioid litigation

A group of drug retailers and distributors asked an Ohio federal appeals court to disqualify the judge overseeing national opioid litigation after the judge himself denied their requests. Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid and drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, McKesson and Cardinal ...

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Drug stores trying to remove judge from US opioid litigation

A group of drug retailers and distributors asked an Ohio federal appeals court to disqualify the judge overseeing national opioid litigation after the judge himself denied their requests. Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid and drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, McKesson and Cardinal ...

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Purdue Pharma says settlement talks in opioid cases not over

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and lawyers representing local governments both said that they’re interested in continuing negotiations to settle lawsuits over the toll of the opioid crisis a day after two state attorneys general told colleagues that their talks with ...

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Purdue Pharma says settlement talks in opioid cases not over

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and lawyers representing local governments both said that they’re interested in continuing negotiations to settle lawsuits over the toll of the opioid crisis a day after two state attorneys general told colleagues that their talks with ...

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Missouri, Kansas see uptick in drug overdose deaths

Federal data indicates drug overdose deaths in Kansas and Missouri are on the rise even as national drug-related fatalities are in decline. Provisional data released this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows drug-related deaths in the ...

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Missouri, Kansas see uptick in drug overdose deaths

Federal data indicates drug overdose deaths in Kansas and Missouri are on the rise even as national drug-related fatalities are in decline. Provisional data released this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows drug-related deaths in the ...

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Missouri restricts dentists’ prescriptions of opioids

A new Missouri law limits the amount and types of pain medications that dentists can prescribe after studies found painkillers prescribed following routine dental work are contributing to a national epidemic of opioid addiction. Gov. Mike Parson signed the bill ...

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