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NC’s multibillion-dollar settlement with Purdue Pharma adds to Durham County’s effort to combat opioid crisis
North Carolina was among 15 states to reach the $7.4 billion settlement in January with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the ...
JD Supra2d
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Confirms Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases May Be Recognized Under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code
A recent Bankruptcy Court decision granted recognition to a Mexican concurso mercantile and gave full force and effect to a Mexican concurso plan ...
The 15 Best Books of the Past 15 Years, According to PureWow's Books Editor
This year is PureWow's 15th anniversary, and though I haven’t been on the team for that entire time, I have worked here for ...
Mallinckrodt and Endo to combine after emerging from bankruptcy linked to opioid crisis
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and Endo have agreed to combine in a nearly $7bn deal after the pair emerged from bankruptcy processes linked to liabilities over the US opioid crisis.
Fraud reports surge in Pennsylvania as consumers lost over $285M in 2024
Pennsylvania consumers reported losing a total of $285,404,657 to fraud, with a median loss of $350, the FTC said. It ...
Potential $7.4B Purdue Pharma opioid settlement frustrates some victims
Opioid victims are not getting a "fair shake" in potential $7.4 billion settlement, a claimant in the Purdue Pharmacy ...
Claimant says opioid victims won't get justice in proposed Purdue settlement
Here's why people alleging Purdue Pharma's opioids harmed them may not see much of the proposed $7.4 billion settlement in a bankruptcy case.
Who would want to be a museum patron in our age of scrutiny?
Protests have led to donors’ names being scrubbed from gallery walls — but private money is needed now more than ever ...
Asking the impossible: OBX man with claim on Oxycontin settlement
Blake Vuyovich said he was told his claim on the OxyContin personal injury trust was worth $5 million, but now, he’s not so sure, saying the rules have ...
Cannabis-like synthetic compound delivers pain relief without addictive high, study finds
U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have reproduced the pain-relieving effects of cannabis with a synthesized compound that ...
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What's driving the permanent crisis of drug addiction?
Surprisingly, publicists for the Sackler family—the owners of Purdue, which manufactures OxyContin ... a historian of the pharmaceutical industry and author of "White Market Drugs: Big Pharma and the ...
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Purdue Pharma says Sackler opioid payment could grow to $7 billion
NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Purdue Pharma told a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday that it will finalize a new bankruptcy plan in March, with the company's Sackler family owners potentially paying ...