STAT+: Purdue reaches deal with 15 states in a significant step toward bankruptcy plan approval
Fifteen states have agreed to drop their long-standing objections to a contentious bankruptcy plan to…
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STAT+: Purdue wants to shower employees with nearly $35 million in different kinds of bonuses
As Purdue Pharma attempts to win a controversial reorganization plan in bankruptcy court, the drug…
Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $230 million to settle opioid case in New York
On the eve of a widely anticipated trial, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has agreed to…
Opinion: Closing an Indiana county’s syringe services program would be a public health disaster
A 6-year-old program that has reduced overdose deaths while simultaneously preventing new cases of HIV…
STAT+: Massachusetts sues Publicis for designing ‘marketing schemes’ to boost OxyContin sales
The Massachusetts attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Publicis Health, one of the world’s…
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Opinion: Unlocking federal funding for fentanyl test strips will save lives
It has been said that the opposite of addiction is connection. Covid-19, however, has frayed…
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Opinion: People recover from addiction. They also go on to do good things
The news about addiction — rising rates of addiction, record numbers of overdose deaths, and…
Opinion: Needed: an Operation Warp Speed for the opioid epidemic
Despite early challenges in scaling diagnostic testing for Covid-19 and a halting start to the…
Biden administration will allow nearly all providers to prescribe buprenorphine
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it would move forward with a dramatic…
A new book traces the roots of the opioid crisis through the secretive Sackler family
The family behind the OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma was already under intense legal and public…
Judge rules Purdue must answer questions about documents showing any link between OxyContin, birth defects
A federal judge has given a green light to lawyers representing children with birth defects…
Universities launch opioid litigation archive to ‘ensure history doesn’t repeat itself’
After two decades in which opioid overdoses claimed more than 400,000 lives in the U.S.,…
STAT+: Lawmakers introduce a bill to prevent Sacklers from using bankruptcy ‘loophole’ to evade liability
In a move directed at the owners of Purdue Pharma, a pair of Democratic lawmakers…
‘The public is being denied the truth’: A legal expert blasts Purdue’s bankruptcy plan to end opioid lawsuits
Earlier this week, Purdue Pharma filed a bankruptcy plan that would have some members of…
STAT+: AmerisourceBergen say-on-pay proposal squeaks by amid outrage over CEO compensation
In a rebuke to AmerisourceBergen (ABC), nearly half of its shareholders voted against a “say-on-pay”…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. sits on millions of AstraZeneca vaccine doses; WTO again fails to act on Covid-19 proposal
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
‘Deeply problematic’: AmerisourceBergen rewards its CEO despite the ravages of the opioid crisis
You can file this under, “What opioid crisis?” In one of the more startling examples…
Substance use, suicide, and cardiometabolic conditions drive rise in working-age mortality, report finds
Increasing mortality rates among working-age Americans since 2010 have been mainly driven by drug- and…
The ‘other’ epidemic: Amid Covid-19, addiction experts fear Biden could back-burner the overdose crisis
WASHINGTON — There’s an epidemic sweeping the country, causing thousands of needless deaths each month…
Opinion: Eliminating buprenorphine training for doctors won’t solve the overdose epidemic
Before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the U.S. was making some headway in fighting the drug…
STAT+: FDA warns AcelRx of misleading ads for its pain drug Dsuvia
The manufacturer of Dsuvia, a pain drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration amid…
As the pandemic ushered in isolation and financial hardship, overdose deaths reached new heights
Among the unrelenting death statistics flowing from the CDC last month, one grim non-Covid-19 statistic…
McKinsey agrees to $573 million settlement over advice given Purdue and other opioid makers
The McKinsey & Co. consulting firm has reached a $573 million settlement with 47 states…
STAT+: Advocacy groups urge Biden administration not to tap Woodcock as FDA commissioner
As the Biden White House attempts to fashion its health policies, a coalition of consumer…
‘Use that money wisely’: Coalition urges governments to spend opioid settlement funds on evidence-based efforts
As state and local governments consider how to spend proceeds from settlements with opioid makers,…
STAT+: FTC sues drug makers over allegedly illegal deal over an opioid painkiller
For the second time, the Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit alleging Endo International…
Trump administration will let nearly all doctors prescribe addiction medicine buprenorphine
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced a major shift in addiction medicine policy Thursday, giving…
STAT+: Sacklers withdrew cash from Purdue over opioid lawsuit fears, documents show
In recent weeks, different members of the Sackler family that controls Purdue Pharma maintained they…
Sackler family members deny responsibility for the opioid crisis in a rare public appearance
In a first-of-its-kind appearance on Capitol Hill, two members of the Sackler family that controls…
STAT+: Opioid prescribing has dropped dramatically since 2011, but experts say there’s ‘more to go’
Although the opioid crisis in the U.S. continues to make headlines, a new analysis finds…
STAT+: Sackler family members agree to testify at House hearing on Purdue’s role in opioid crisis
In an unexpected development, two members of the Sackler family, which controls Purdue Pharma, will…
Patrick Kennedy pitches himself for Biden ‘drug czar’
Patrick Kennedy, the former congressman and mental health care advocate, has launched a public push…
STAT+: A historian was cited to support making Purdue a public benefit company. He actually thinks it’s a bad idea
For the past few weeks, a U.S. bankruptcy court has heard objections to a plan…
‘I just white-knuckle it’: Hemophilia patients pin their hopes on the revival of Vioxx to fill a void in pain relief
After surviving hemophilia, hepatitis C, and HIV, Joseph Burke considers himself a walking miracle. But…
Opinion: Misguided federal regulations are likely to cause more pain in people already living with it
Hidden in the shadows of the Covid-19 pandemic is the U.S.’s drug epidemic, which is…
STAT+: House committee wants Purdue CEO and Sackler family members to testify at opioid crisis hearing
A congressional committee has asked the chief executive officer of Purdue Pharma and some members…
STAT+: To maintain opioid sales, Purdue was advised to pay rebates to health insurers for each overdose
As Purdue Pharma faced serious challenges to OxyContin sales, the company was advised to consider…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine shows promise in elderly; surprise rule will require insurers to estimate out-of-pocket drug costs
Top of the morning to you and a fine one, it is. Blue skies and…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine shows 95% effectiveness; FDA vows to disclose scientific data for EUAs
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it this…
STAT Plus: For two decades, the FDA approval process for opioids had numerous shortcomings, study finds
Over more than two decades, the Food and Drug Administration approved opioid painkillers based on…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Biden getting more pharma donations than Trump; FDA safety plan not ‘well suited’ for opioids
Good morning, everyone, and nice to be back after an extended weekend break. Nonetheless, time…
STAT Plus: An FDA safety program is failing to stem the opioid crisis — and manufacturers are mostly to blame
A mandated safety program regulators rely on to minimize opioid abuse and misuse is not…
STAT Plus: Senators urge bankruptcy judge to prevent Purdue from paying its CEO a $3.5 million bonus
A group of U.S. senators is urging a bankruptcy judge to prevent Purdue Pharma from…
STAT Plus: Court rules New York can collect taxes from drug makers to address opioid crisis
A U.S. appeals court upheld a controversial New York state law to require drug makers…
STAT Plus: Coalition urges Justice Department to seek criminal charges against opioid executives
A coalition of advocacy groups and families is asking the Department of Justice to pursue…
Opinion: Lifetime risk: a new way to understand deaths from firearms and drug overdoses
Shortly before the coronavirus shuttered schools last spring, I toured a new elementary school in…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Trump touts an unproven salve for Covid-19; states seek big bucks to settle opioid suits
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? A bright shiny sun and cool breezes are…
STAT Plus: Opioid prescriptions written for Medicare Part D beneficiaries continues to drop
Amid an ongoing opioid crisis in the U.S., a new federal government report finds that…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: J&J to supply U.S. with 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses; Feds seek $18 billion from Purdue in opioid probe
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. Yes, indeed, the middle…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Pharma execs nix meeting with Trump; Kodak wins big U.S. loan to fix medical supply chain
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing reasonably well, given the circumstances….