Medications
Hard-hit Pennsylvania to sue drugmaker over opioid epidemic
The attorney general of Pennsylvania says he's filing a lawsuit accusing a pharmaceutical giant of fueling the opioid epidemic.
May 14, 2019
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Medications
New York sues billionaire family behind maker of OxyContin
New York is suing the billionaire family behind the company that created OxyContin, joining a growing list of state and local governments seeking to hold not only the firm but its owners accountable for the nation's opioid ...
Mar 28, 2019
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Health
Hospital: Doc gave near-death patients excessive pain meds
An Ohio hospital system says an intensive care doctor ordered "significantly excessive and potentially fatal" doses of pain medicine for at least 27 near-death patients in the past few years after families asked to stop lifesaving ...
Jan 15, 2019
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Medications
California: Drugmaker paid doctors to overprescribe Humira
Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie illegally plied doctors with cash, gifts and services to prescribe one of the world's best-selling drugs, Humira, despite its potentially deadly complications, a California official said in a lawsuit ...
Sep 18, 2018
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Health
Nebraska official certifies Medicaid expansion ballot item
A proposal to expand Medicaid in Nebraska moved closer Friday to getting on the November ballot after the state's top elections official determined there are enough valid signatures to send the question to voters.
Aug 24, 2018
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Michigan settles lawsuit over hepatitis C treatment access
The state of Michigan has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over a policy that restricts certain hepatitis C treatments in the Medicaid program.
Mar 14, 2018
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Medications
OxyContin maker will stop promoting opioids to doctors
The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin said it will stop marketing opioid drugs to doctors, a surprise reversal following lawsuits that blamed the company for helping trigger the current drug abuse epidemic.
Feb 10, 2018
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Medications
Alabama files lawsuit against opioid manufacturer
Alabama on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of OxyContin and other opioids, becoming the latest state seeking to hold drug companies accountable for an addiction epidemic.
Feb 6, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Couples win lawsuit over donated eggs with genetic defect
Two couples that gave birth to children with a genetic defect later traced to donated eggs have won a lawsuit against a New York fertility doctor and his clinic.
Dec 14, 2017
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Appeals court tosses $72 million award in talcum powder case
A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday that vacated a $72 million award to an Alabama woman who claimed her use of Johnson & Johnson products that contained talcum contributed to her ovarian cancer has thrown the fate of awards ...
Oct 17, 2017
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