Opioids

Advocacy Group Calls Lawsuit Against Opioid Distributors Misguided

A national trade advocacy group for pharmaceutical distributors says that a lawsuit is a misguided attempt to deal with the effects of the opioid epidemic. The Healthcare Distribution Alliance contacted The Malone Telegram on Friday in response to news that Franklin County had joined a multicounty lawsuit against various opioid manufacturers and distributors. The group represents …


County May Join Opioid Lawsuit

St. Lawrence County legislators have agreed to meet with an attorney about the possibility of joining a class action lawsuit against companies that manufacture opioids. County Attorney Stephen D. Button said several months ago he was contacted by several firms involved in large-scale, multi-defendant opioid litigation. “They were interested in gauging the county’s interest in pursuing …



Louisville Metro Files Lawsuit Against Nation’s Three Largest Drug Distributors for Their Role in Creating Opioid Crisis

Louisville Metro Government has filed a federal lawsuit against the three largest wholesale opioid distribution companies – Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen, and McKesson – for dumping millions of pills into Louisville neighborhoods while refusing to fulfill their obligations to monitor, identify, report and halt suspicious shipments of opioids. The suit, filed today in U.S. District court …


OxyContin Maker Settles Canadian Class Action for C$20m

The Canadian manufacturer of OxyContin has agreed to pay C$20m (US$14.5m/£11.3m) to settle a long-standing class-action lawsuit. The claim centred on allegations that Purdue Pharma Canada used deceitful marketing practices for the powerful prescription painkiller. The proposed resolution brings to a close a legal battle launched in 2007.