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• FDA Finalizes New Mandatory Opioid Addiction Risk Label Warnings

  December 21, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  The FDA has finalized new regulations requiring updated opioid label warnings in an effort to combat the ongoing drug crisis.

• ISMP Releases Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals

  February 14, 2022

  Russell Maas

  An ISMP report highlights drug name confusion as one of the leading causes of medication errors.

• Johnson & Johnson Opioid Settlement May Provide $5B For States and Cities Nationwide

  October 14, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  Johnson & Johnson has announced it is increasing its opioid crisis settlement commitment to $5 billion.

• Lawsuit Indicates Prenatal Opioid Exposure Resulted In Severe Withdrawal Symptoms, Developmental Impacts

  July 15, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A class action lawsuit calls on the makers of opioids to pay for the medical care of children born addicted to their drugs.

• Johnson & Johnson Settles Lawsuits Over Opioid Crisis Brought By Ohio Counties

  October 2, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Johnson & Johnson will pay $20.4 million to settle opioid crisis lawsuits brought by two Ohio counties just three weeks before a trial was set to begin.

• OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Reaches Opioid Epidemic Settlement With Some States, Cities

  September 12, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Purdue Pharma has reportedly entered into a $12 billion tentative settlement agreement to resolve thousands of opioid crisis lawsuits filed by states and cities, which will drive the company into bankruptcy and new ownership.

• Opioid Crisis Settlement Structure Proposed To Resolve Thousands of Claims Nationwide

  June 18, 2019

  Austin Kirk

  Plaintiffs involved in opioid crisis lawsuits have proposed a settlement negotiation structure which would involve every city and county within the United States.

• Opioid Settlement Results in Agreement to Pay $270M to State of Oklahoma By Makers of Oxycontin

  March 27, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  Oklahoma and Purdue Pharma have reached a $270 million settlement to resolve claims the company's mislead the public about the safety of OxyContin, helping to spur the national opioid crisis.

• Oxycontin Addiction Risks Withheld by Drug Maker, Who “Created Manmade Disaster”: Lawsuit

  January 17, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  New documents suggest Purdue Pharma aggressively pushed OxyContin prescriptions despite the risks of addiction, then called for company officials to shift the blame for the opioid crisis onto addicts and other victims.

• Lawsuits Over Opioid-Addicted Infants Will Not Be Consolidated in Separate MDL

  December 10, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  The U.S. JPML has refused to create a separate multidistrict litigation for lawsuits over children suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome caused by opioids.