Several states across the U.S. have seen an increasing spike in opioid drug use over the past decade and now at least one local government has decided to take legal action against the manufacturers of opioids associated with increased use in their community. Orange County in New York has filed a lawsuit against both Purdue …
The Mayor of Everett, Washington, has made national headlines by filing a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, asking for payment of damages caused to his city by the widespread sale of Purdue’s product, OxyContin. Mayor Ray Stephanson has filed in federal court a lawsuit against Purdue for its negligence to prevent the flood of illegal oxycontin …
The NFL is no stranger to lawsuits and controversy, as from “DeflateGate” to the multi-billion dollar brain injury settlement, the league has had its fair share of bad publicity recently. Those problems now seem set to worsen after recently released court filings shed light on the culture of rampant, illegal abuse of painkillers present throughout …
The drug treatment community has recently turned its eyes to West Virginia, where the State House just unanimously approved a bill that would increase funding to treatment centers and other drug rehabilitation facilities. These lawmakers’ ultimate goal is to appropriate $24 million of funds from drug lawsuits to improve the state’s drug treatment centers. The …
In an ongoing lawsuit against the NFL, a number of questionable practices for dispensing prescription medications have been revealed. The case is a class lawsuit filed by former players against the NFL and all 32 individual football teams. The case is currently pending in federal court in the Northern District of California. There are currently …
Many American cities are suffering from a growing epidemic of opioid abuse and addiction. Are drug manufacturers to blame for the lives destroyed by their products? One mayor in Washington state believes they may be. Mayor Ray Stevenson of Everett, WA has filed suit against Purdue Pharma, the makers of Oxycontin, claiming that this pharmaceutical …
Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain, has filed a $140 million lawsuit against Theranos, the once high-flying blood testing company that had partnered with the drug chain by installing Theranos’ blood testing equipment in “wellness centers” in 41 Walgreens locations in Arizona and California. Walgreens terminated its agreement with Theranos in June, 2016. Walgreens declined …
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission was sued by Pfizer in federal court on November 17, 2016 because the agency released data about the company’s pricing and discounts for Medicaid drugs. The information was given to the chairs who head two committees in the Texas Senate. Pfizer closely guards this information, even keeping it …
A British regulator has fined Pfizer $106 million for increasing the price of their epilepsy drug by 2,600 percent. Pfizer is just one of the many pharmaceutical companies that has been criticized for increasing its prices. Pfizer allegedly broke the law by charging unfair and excessive price. The company has denied the allegations and stated …
In the past few years, the rising costs of many prescription drugs has been a controversial issue. Many important and life-saving drugs have seen their prices skyrocket in the last five years, and some medicines have had this issue since the early 2000s. For example, the cost of insulin nearly tripled between 2002 and 2013. …