Christopher Porrino is the Attorney General in New Jersey. He is currently investigating two major opioid manufacturers. He stated that the manufacturers deliberately engaged in deceptive practices and promoted drugs that were highly-addictive. Purdue Pharma is one of the drug manufacturers that is going to be sued. This company makes OxyContin and is based in …
Abbott Laboratories is the target of a lawsuit filed by the Alaska State Employees Association/AFSCME Local 52 Health Benefits Trust in which it is alleged that the device maker’s subsidiary, St. Jude Medical, negligently failed to provide warning to government regulators and the public at large about defective lithium batteries installed in the implantable defibrillators …
Insys Therapeutics CEO John Kapoor is under arrest amid allegations of fraud and racketeering. Officials say that Kapoor used bribes and kickbacks. They say his goal was to offer and promote the drug Subsys, an opioid, for improper uses in exchange for financial gain. The charges against Kapoor are conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to …