Emergent BioSolutions Inc.'s shares surged over 16% in extended trading on Wednesday after advisory committees for the United States Food and Drug Administration recommended selling its nasal spray Narcan over the counter.
The spray is a "treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose, as...
The administration of United States President Donald Trump granted $1.5 billion on Wednesday to fight the opioid epidemic. He said at the presentation in the White House that the public would be "amazed at the results" of the campaign over the last year and a half to secure "a drug-free future" for...
United States President Donald Trump commented on Sunday that his administration will continue the fight against opioid deliveries from China.
Trump said "this is only the beginning" as he retweeted a post from the White House Twitter account that added "the flow of fentanyl from China has dropped...
Privately-held Purdue Pharma is offering between $10 billion and $12 billion in order to settle some 2,000 lawsuits raised over its role in the opioid epidemic, NBC reported on Tuesday. The lawsuits are brought by the states, cities and the counties in the United States and allege that Purdue and its...
An Oklahoma judge ordered pharmaceutical and consumer goods giant Johnson & Johnson on Monday to pay $572 million over its role in the state's opioid crisis.
J&J was accused of employing marketing practices that downplayed the risks of addictive painkillers since the early 1990s, flooding the...
United States Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to drug distributor McKesson over the company's alleged illegitimate shipments, marking a first step in its fight against the opioid epidemic, CNBC reported on Tuesday. The FDA said McKesson replaced opioids with other products in...
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi amended a lawsuit originally filed in May against a number of opioid manufacturers to include Walgreens Co., CVS Healthcare Corp., CVS Pharmacy, Inc, as well as Insys Therapeutics. The lawsuit alleges that Walgreens and CVS "failed in their duties under Florida...
The United States Senate passed a bipartisan bill aimed to tackle the opioid crisis in the country as 98 senators backed the legislation and only one, Republican Senator Mike Lee from Utah, opposed it.
According to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the opioids legislation will "deliver major...
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo to the federal prosecutors on Wednesday, encouraging them to pursue capital punishment in drug-related crimes "when appropriate," in order to "aid our continuing fight against drug trafficking and the destruction it causes in our...
United States President Donald Trump is set to release a plan to fight opioid crisis on Monday, which incorporates the use of death penalty for certain drug traffickers, The Hill reported. The plan dubbed Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse is comprised of three main aspects, including the cutting off the...
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