Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll ...

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Rockville Centre became the first diocese in New York with a confirmed reorganization plan, providing a potential blueprint ...

Pennsylvania looks likely to receive another big infusion of money from another court settlement over responsibility for the nation’s ongoing opioid epidemic. If the settlement is finalized, it will ...

A Williamsburg-based recovery advocate said she hopes the money will help local families and communities impacted by the crisis.

U.S. officials have approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated ...

New York State Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement that the Sackler family will pay up to $6.5 billion, while their privately held company, Purdue Pharma, will pay nearly $900 million.

Despite high demand for an option like Journavx, doctors fear the drug’s price could be a major hangup for insurers, potentially limiting patients’ ability to access it.

Colorado is set to receive around $81 million from a $7.4 billion preliminary settlement with Purdue Pharma, the company’s ...

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Purdue was instrumental in creating the US opioid crisis via aggressive marketing that did not reflect the true addiction ...