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Mallinckrodt To Pay $1.6B Over Opioid Claims
One of the largest opioid distributors, Mallinckrodt, has agreed to pay $1.6 billion as a settlement for the thousands of lawsuits faced by it over the opioid crisis.
…Mckesson Offers $1B In Legal Funds Over Opioid Crisis
McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc., and AmerisourceBergen Corp. have renewed a settlement by offering 1 billion in legal fees to the states, cities, and counties who have sued them over the misguiding distribution of highly addictive…
Biomet Hip Implant MDL Judge Sets Deadline
Plaintiffs involved in the Biomet Hip implants lawsuits have time only until September 1 for direct filing of their cases in court; no direct filings will be allowed after that date. Recently, the court also released an order on August…
Latest Invokana Lawsuit Claims Hand Amputation Risk
A recent lawsuit filed in the U.S District Court for the District of New Jersey claims that Invokana manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen…
More Than 8,000 Roundup Lawsuits Await Bayer's Monsanto
Following a unanimous verdict of $289 million for a cancer victim's lawsuits alleging Roundup's cancer link, mount to nearly 8,000 against Bayer in both state and…
Zantac Lawsuits Initial Conference Scheduled For Next Month
U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg, appointed to preside over the coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings of Zantac lawsuits, issued a pretrial order on February…
Endo Seeks Separate Settlement Track To Resolve Opioid Cases
Endo Pharmaceuticals plans to settle all lawsuits against its prescription opioid Opana painkiller in a separate track, hoping to put a cap on its legal exposure.…
Abilify Cases Picked For Trial As No Signs of Settlement Yet
In an order issued on August 31, U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers instructed all plaintiffs in Abilify litigation to furnish more information to estimate the…
$18B Opioids Settlement Offer Rejected By 21 U.S. States
Attorney generals in 21 U.S. states rejected an offer of $18 billion from Mckesson Corp. and other opioid distributors, as the states consider the fine to be less compared…
Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment in a Risperdal Lawsuit
U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper ruled in favor of Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday over claims by a Bay State man that the antipsychotic drug…