Amid Opioid Crisis, Drugmakers Fighting State Limits

As aggressive prescribing fuels an opioid epidemic in America, the drug lobby is spending millions to keep it legal.

Topics:  america   opioid   
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  • Kentucky attorney general targets another big pharmacy benefit manager in opioid-related lawsuit
    (AP) — Kentucky's attorney general has expanded an opioid-related lawsuit to target another big pharmacy benefit manager that he claims contributed to the state's deadly addiction crisis ... drug ...
    11/25/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
  • Law enforcement, mental health experts reflect on progress being made in fighting the state’s drug crisis
    In September, Capito announced that West Virginia was awarded over $45 million in funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) State Opioid Response (SOR) ...
    11/17/2024 - 6:17 am | View Link
  • Confidential Files Detail PBMs’ Backroom Negotiations—and Their Role in the Opioid Crisis
    Those transactions have been treated like state secrets ... on PBMs’ role in the opioid crisis, while offering insight into how PBMs negotiate with drugmakers behind closed doors—decisions ...
    10/11/2024 - 4:15 am | View Link
  • Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis
    FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's attorney general has sued Express Scripts, claiming the big pharmacy benefit manager was at the center of an opioid dispensing chain that fueled a deadly ...
    09/27/2024 - 3:42 am | View Link
  • Sackler family wins immunity from opioid lawsuits
    State and local governments say OxyContin triggered an opioid epidemic The billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma will be protected from lawsuits linked to the US opioid crisis in exchange for a $6bn ...
    05/30/2023 - 1:00 pm | View Link
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