New Purdue opioid crisis settlement builds ‘momentum’ for Canada: B.C. AG https://www.byteseu.com/1121709/ #Canada #Health #OpioidCrisis #OpioidLawsuit #PurduePharma #U.S.News
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#PurduePharma wins broad support from U.S. states for $7.4-billion #opioid settlement https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-purdue-pharma-opioid-lawsuits-settlement-sackler-family/ #BigPharma
The Globe and Mail · Purdue Pharma wins broad support from U.S. states for $7.4-billion opioid settlement
https://www.europesays.com/uk/40834/ Walgreens to pay $300 million to settle claims it illegally filled invalid opioids prescriptions #Health #Medication #OpioidEpidemic #opioids #PurduePharma #UK #UnitedKingdom #Walgreens
Even though this settlement deal represents nearly 2/3 of the Sackler's wealth, they will still be billionaires.
#Sackler e #PurduePharma accettano un patteggiamento da 7,4 miliardi di dollari per la #crisi degli #oppioidi.
L’intesa coinvolge 14 #stati #americani, migliaia di #governi #locali, centinaia di #tribùnative e 140mila persone vittime della #dipendenza da #Oxycontin.
La vicenda risale alla fine degli anni Novanta, quando Oxycontin fu pubblicizzato come #farmacoantidolorifico privo di rischi di dipendenza.
Dal 1999, le morti per #overdose negli #StatiUniti hanno ..1/2
Purdue Pharma and the company’s Sackler family leadership have agreed to pay $7.4 billion to settle unprecedented litigation over their role in the opioid crisis. Read more from @abc
ABC News · Purdue Pharma, Sackler families boost contribution in opioid settlement to $7.4 billion
McKinsey & Company to pay $650 million for role in opioid crisis | NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5155962/mckinsey-purdue-opioid-prosecution-doj
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McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650M for helping Purdue Pharma boost opioid sales
https://apnews.com/article/mckinsey-justice-department-criminal-penalty-opioids-crisis-d47d1bc1c4e14288927c2aea2369b789
* helped opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma boost sales of highly addictive drug OxyContin
* McKinsey “deeply sorry” for its work for Purdue Pharma 
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AP News · McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650M for helping Purdue Pharma boost opioid sales
#FunFacts today is anniversary of #PurduePharma #OxyContin $ettlement announcement where for $8 Billyun they plead guilty to three felonies and bought themselves a further prosecution pass from US Govt ...
Update: In 2024, Neil Gorsuch led a 5-4 #SCOTUS decision that halted any #ClassAction settlement payments to #victims
Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
Plans would have provided billions of dollars to help address the nation’s opioid crisis while protecting the family that owns Purdue Pharma from future lawsuits
ugh: WaPo, still: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/27/purdue-pharma-supreme-court-opioid-bankruptcy/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40813369
The Washington Post · Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
In #PurduePharma, #SupremeCourt Rules That Nonconsensual Releases Are A Nonstarter
National Law Review · In Purdue Pharma, Supreme Court Rules That Nonconsensual Releases Are A Nonstarter
#NEWS: 4 major rulings handed down from the #SupremeCourt today:
Allowing access to an emergency #abortion in Idaho…for now Overturning the #purduepharma bankruptcy deal #Sackler A blow to #ClimateChange by limiting an #EPA #airquality programHampering the ability of the #SEC to prosecute #fraud
BIG NOTE: Instead of finishing in June #SCOTUS will release decisions into July.
Here’s a list of the undecided cases (like #Trump #immunity) & the rulings so far:
https://wapo.st/45QknX6
SCOTUS tears down Sacklers’ immunity, blowing up opioid settlement - Enlarge / Grace Bisch holds a picture of stepson Eddie Bisch who died a... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2034031 #opioidcrisis #purduepharma #supremecourt #bankruptcy #settlement #addiction #oxycontin #overdose #science #policy #opioid #scotus
Ars Technica · SCOTUS tears down Sacklers’ immunity, blowing up opioid settlementMajority of justices ruled on meaning of legal code; dissenters called it "ruinous"
Supreme Court rejects controversial Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal—FDA approves Verona Pharma's inhaled COPD therapy —FDA declines to approve Merck-Daiichi's 'guided missile' cancer drug—http://bit.ly/w28kSd #supremecourt #purduepharma #bankruptcy #opioidcrisis #fda #copd #merck #cancer #pharma #pharmanews #biotech #biopharma #biotechnology #cafepharma
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#GiftArticle on #SCOTUS’ ruling on #PurduePharma #opioid case
The #SupremeCourt blocked a controversial proposed Purdue #Pharma bankruptcy plan that would have provided billions to help address the nation’s #OpioidCrisis in exchange for protecting the #Sackler family from future lawsuits.
The closely watched fight involving the maker of #OxyContin is part of a national reckoning over the role of #drugmakers & others in the #PublicHealth opioid #addiction crisis.
The Washington Post · Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
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On the #Pharma #sackler #opiod case:
Edward Neiger, who represents thousands of victims who stood to benefit from the #PurduePharma bankruptcy settlement that the #SCOTUS blocked, called the decision “a major setback for the families who lost loves ones to overdose and for those still struggling with addiction.” In a statement, he said that “victims have been abandoned by every branch of the government.”
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Publicis, qui vantait notamment les bienfaits du médicament anti douleur #OxyContin des laboratoires #PurduePharma, “est la première agence de publicité à être tenue responsable” de la surprescription d’opiacés, souligne le Wall Street Journal.
L’ensemble des États et territoires américains se partageront l’indemnisation, qui met fin aux poursuites à l’encontre de Publicis. La Californie recevra le montant le plus important (34 millions de dollars).
McKinsey, the consulting firm,
Made an agreement to confirm
That marketing work with Purdue Pharma
Comes at a $78 million cost to them
ABC News · Consulting firm McKinsey agrees to $78 million settlement with insurers over opioids
The greed and corruption that enabled the Oxycontin epidemic to kill hundreds of thousands (300K +) of people in the US are ruthlessly exposed in the new Netflix series #Painkiller.