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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also disclosed that he had reached at least one settlement agreement with a company or individual that has accused him of ''misconduct or inappropriate behavior.'' Robert [...]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's nominee to be health secretary, would have oversight power over the vaccine's maker, Merck, if confirmed. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to [...]

The news outlet is pushing the Commission to release text messages that the E.U.'s top official and Pfizer exchanged as they negotiated a Covid-19 vaccine contract. The New York Times [...]

The news outlet is pushing the Commission to release text messages that the E.U.’s top official and Pfizer exchanged as they negotiated a Covid-19 vaccine contract. The New York Times [...]

LITIGATION Zantac Maker to Pay $2.2 Billion to Settle Suits GSK has agreed to pay up to $2.2 billion to settle most pending U.S. state court lawsuits claiming that a [...]

The S.E.C. alleged shortcomings in research said to support the drug, and its developer agreed to a $40 million settlement. Some experts wonder why clinical trials have not been stopped. [...]

Legal maneuverings followed a Supreme Court ruling last month that denied the Sackler family immunity from liability over its role in the opioid crisis. Purdue Pharma's creditors and more than [...]

Legal maneuverings followed a Supreme Court ruling last month that denied the Sackler family immunity from liability over its role in the opioid crisis. Purdue Pharma's creditors and more than [...]

The justices rejected a bankruptcy settlement maneuver that would have protected members of the Sackler family from civil claims related to the opioid epidemic. The Supreme Court said on Thursday [...]

Plaintiffs and the company vowed to renegotiate but the talks will be challenging after the court struck down a provision the Sacklers had insisted on in exchange for $6 billion. [...]

Millions in Sackler donations sat dormant, rising in value as the opioid epidemic raged and as other institutions distanced themselves from the makers of a notorious painkiller. The National Academy [...]

Students and parent volunteers from a school in Washington State said in a lawsuit that they had become sick after being exposed to chemicals known as PCBs that had dripped [...]

The company is heavily reliant on a cancer drug that could be targeted by a program intended to lower drug prices. The pharmaceutical company Merck sued the government on Tuesday [...]

The decision gives the Purdue Pharma owners long-sought protection, but it is a major step toward releasing billions of dollars from their fortune to states and communities to help cope [...]

Even as the nation's drug crisis mounted, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine continued to accept funds from some members of the Sackler family, including those involved with [...]

One expert said the blood-clotting syndrome was estimated to occur in one in 50,000 people under 40 and one in 100,000 over 40 who received AstraZeneca's vaccine. A 32-year-old psychologist [...]

The suit by GenBioPro, the generic maker of mifepristone, is the latest strand in the intense legal battle over abortion pills. The company that makes a majority of the abortion [...]

The company faces a flood of lawsuits claiming its talc products caused cancer. The proposed settlement requires approval by a bankruptcy court, but has the backing of plaintiffs' lawyers. Johnson [...]

The judge said he would decide soon whether to issue a preliminary injunction ordering the F.D.A. to withdraw its approval of the drug or wait for the full trial. AMARILLO, [...]

The case illustrates the enormous challenges that victims of the opioid crisis have had in getting compensation from the pharmaceutical industry, despite its pledge of billions of dollars to state [...]

The company faces some 40,000 plaintiffs that claim its baby powder caused cancer. A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a bankruptcy filing by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, dealing [...]

The last remaining defendants in New York's once-sprawling opioid trial settled on Thursday. The last remaining defendants in a once-sprawling opioid trial in New York settled on Thursday, agreeing to [...]

The deal would end thousands of lawsuits against one of the largest producers of opioid painkillers during the height of the opioid epidemic. Teva Pharmaceuticals, one of the country's biggest [...]

Jeff Smith, a partner with the influential consulting firm McKinsey & Company, accepted a highly sensitive assignment in December 2017. The opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma, beleaguered and in financial trouble, [...]

''You murdered my daughter and destroyed my family,'' said Donna Mazurek, whose daughter, Paige, was prescribed Purdue Pharma's opioid painkiller OxyContin after a root canal, became addicted, spiraled into heroin [...]

The agreement brought holdout states on board, and would settle thousands of lawsuits over the company's and family's roles in the opioid epidemic. The Sacklers agreed to pay an extra [...]

The case was the first of its kind, targeting every point of the prescription opioid supply chain, from manufacturers to pharmacy chains that filled prescriptions. A jury on Thursday found [...]

The ruling said the company's owners, members of the Sackler family, could not receive protection from civil lawsuits in return for a $4.5 billion contribution. A federal judge on Thursday [...]

Economy Consumers Are Spending, Says Banker, Despite Issues The head of the nation's second-largest bank said consumers are spending ''at a faster rate'' than he's ever seen but he remains [...]

Two recent rulings rejected the ''public nuisance'' argument being used in thousands of cases against the industry, with more trials and settlement talks underway. In 2014, as overdoses and deaths [...]

The 5-1 decision is a setback for those who are fighting to hold big drug makers accountable for the opioid epidemic. Oklahoma's highest court on Tuesday threw out a 2019 [...]

In one of the first cases to be brought against drug manufacturers over the crisis, a judge ruled that there was ''simply no evidence'' the companies were liable in the [...]

On Sept. 26, 2019, the Department of Justice appointed me to serve on the Official Unsecured Creditors Committee in the bankruptcy case against Purdue Pharma, the company that helped fuel [...]

The ruling in bankruptcy court caps a long legal battle over the fate of a company accused of fueling the opioid epidemic and the family that owns it. Purdue Pharma, [...]

In a rare courtroom appearance, the former Purdue Pharma president and board member was evasive and defiant. Deep into the third hour of testimony in federal bankruptcy court by Dr. [...]

In a rare court appearance, David Sackler said he and his family would withdraw their pledge to pay $4.5 billion, unless they are shielded from lawsuits related to Purdue Pharma. [...]

It's been more than two decades since Purdue Pharma released its patented pain medication OxyContin to an unsuspecting public. Since then, more than 500,000 people have died in the United [...]

The National Council of Negro Women accused the company of ''deceptive marketing to Black women'' despite internal concerns that the product might be harmful. Lawsuits and trials involving claims that [...]

If approved by a judge next month, the plan would resolve thousands of lawsuits and set in motion the release of $4.5 billion to help cover costs from the opioid [...]

The agreement would allow funds to begin flowing from the companies to states and communities to pay for addiction and prevention services. After nearly two years of wrangling, the country's [...]

The payout to New York will take place over the next 17 years, and joins a $26 billion deal to settle the thousands of nationwide lawsuits. New York will get [...]

The agreement would end thousands of lawsuits against the three largest distributors and Johnson & Johnson and require them to pay billions for addiction treatment and prevention. The three largest [...]

In 2016, a small-time drug dealer in Leesburg, Va., named Darnell Washington sold a customer a batch of what he thought was heroin. It turned out to be fentanyl. The [...]

New York's sweeping lawsuit is the first opioid case in which a jury rather than a judge will decide the outcome. Over the course of nearly four hours of opening [...]

The settlement agreement came just days before opening arguments in a sweeping trial of several defendants, including the company. Johnson & Johnson will pay New York State more than $230 [...]

The ruling was a milestone in yearslong efforts to make the OxyContin manufacturer pay for its role in the opioid crisis, but some plaintiffs feel the plan doesn't go far [...]

It has been one of the many unanswered questions overshadowing the pandemic: Where, exactly, did the coronavirus originate? On Wednesday, President Biden directed intelligence agencies to ''redouble their efforts'' to [...]

The legal action escalates a longstanding dispute over shortfalls in deliveries, even as Brussels is seeking to shift to other suppliers. The European Union has sued AstraZeneca over what the [...]

The I.R.S. believes the American drugmaker used an abusive offshore scheme to avoid federal taxes. Almost nine years ago, Bristol Myers Squibb filed paperwork in Ireland to create a new [...]

The OxyContin maker filed its long-awaited restructuring plan in bankruptcy court. Revenue from the new company would go exclusively to abating the opioid crisis. In a filing that signifies the [...]