Opioid-Maker Charged With Fraud In Marketing Drug As Less Prone To Abuse
5 years, 9 months ago

Opioid-Maker Charged With Fraud In Marketing Drug As Less Prone To Abuse

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Opioid-Maker Charged With Fraud In Marketing Drug As Less Prone To Abuse Enlarge this image Eamon Queeney/The Washington Post/Getty Images Eamon Queeney/The Washington Post/Getty Images Federal prosecutors late Tuesday charged British drugmaker Indivior with felony fraud and conspiracy for its marketing of opioid products including Suboxone. The company allegedly created a "nationwide scheme" in the U.S. designed to convince doctors and government insurance providers that Indivior's patented opioid medications are safer and less prone to abuse than cheaper generic alternatives. "The indictment alleges that, rather than marketing its opioid-addiction drug responsibly, Indivior promoted it with a disregard for the truth about its safety and despite known risks of diversion and abuse," said Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt in a statement. Sponsor Message Federal prosecutors claim Indivior bilked Medicare, Medicaid and other health care providers out of billions of dollars as they paid for a more expensive version of the drug, believing it to be safer.

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Two Indian companies charged by US over importing ingredients for highly addictive opioid fentanyl
1 week, 1 day ago

Two Indian companies charged by US over importing ingredients for highly addictive opioid fentanyl

Live Mint  

NEW YORK - Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the US Department of Justice said on Monday. "The Justice Department is targeting every link in fentanyl trafficking supply chains that span countries and continents and too often end in tragedy in the United …

A police union director who was fired after an opioid smuggling arrest pleads guilty
3 months ago

A police union director who was fired after an opioid smuggling arrest pleads guilty

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former executive director for …

US launches prosecutions of Chinese companies on charges of trafficking fentanyl ingredients
1 year, 6 months ago

US launches prosecutions of Chinese companies on charges of trafficking fentanyl ingredients

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Department filed criminal charges on Friday against four Chinese companies and eight individuals for allegedly trafficking the chemicals used to make the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl in the United States and Mexico. Garland said those actions include stopping Chinese chemical companies from “supplying the cartels with the building blocks they need to manufacture deadly …

Feds sue drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen over opioid sales
2 years ago

Feds sue drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen over opioid sales

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — The U.S. Justice Department claimed in a lawsuit filed Thursday that a major drug wholesaler contributed to the deadly toll from opioids by turning a blind eye to warning signs about suspicious sales to its pharmacy customers. It claims the AmerisourceBergen entities “repeatedly refused or negligently failed” to report orders from pharmacy companies they “had reason to …

Critics Want Sacklers To Face Criminal Charges For Role In Opioid Crisis
4 years, 1 month ago

Critics Want Sacklers To Face Criminal Charges For Role In Opioid Crisis

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Critics Want Sacklers To Face Criminal Charges For Role In Opioid Crisis Enlarge this image toggle caption Toby Talbot/AP Toby Talbot/AP Updated at 7:20 p.m. ET Newly public documents paint a detailed and often damning portrait of the role played by members of the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, during years when the privately owned drug company launched criminal …

Federal Judge Approves Landmark $8.3 Billion Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
4 years, 1 month ago

Federal Judge Approves Landmark $8.3 Billion Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement

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Federal Judge Approves Landmark $8.3 Billion Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement Enlarge this image John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images A federal bankruptcy judge approved a controversial $8.3 billion settlement late Tuesday between Purdue Pharma and the Department of Justice. Sponsor Message Judge Drain swatted aside objections to the deal raised by a coalition of more than two dozen states that …

Purdue Pharma Reaches $8B Opioid Deal With Justice Department Over OxyContin Sales
4 years, 2 months ago

Purdue Pharma Reaches $8B Opioid Deal With Justice Department Over OxyContin Sales

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Purdue Pharma Reaches $8B Opioid Deal With Justice Department Over OxyContin Sales Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images Updated at 12:14 p.m. ET The Justice Department announced on Wednesday a global settlement of civil and criminal investigations into Purdue Pharma's aggressive marketing of opioid medications, including OxyContin. However, Justice Department officials said this deal doesn't …

Feds May Pursue Criminal Charges Against Opioid-Makers
5 years, 1 month ago

Feds May Pursue Criminal Charges Against Opioid-Makers

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Feds May Pursue Criminal Charges Against Opioid-Makers NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Regina LaBelle, director of the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at Georgetown Law, about drug companies being issued subpoenas in the probe of the opioid crisis. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: How, if at all, could the law hold drug companies criminally accountable for the opioid crisis? She's at Georgetown …

As Drugmakers Face Opioid Lawsuits, Some Ask: Why Not Criminal Charges Too?
5 years, 3 months ago

As Drugmakers Face Opioid Lawsuits, Some Ask: Why Not Criminal Charges Too?

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As Drugmakers Face Opioid Lawsuits, Some Ask: Why Not Criminal Charges Too? Experts interviewed by NPR offer different explanations for why state and federal prosecutors haven't brought more criminal charges against drug companies and executives. "When the Justice Department is pursuing cases against the companies, the people on the other side that they're often negotiating with are all too often …

Drug Distributor And Former Execs Face First Criminal Charges In Opioid Crisis
5 years, 8 months ago

Drug Distributor And Former Execs Face First Criminal Charges In Opioid Crisis

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Drug Distributor And Former Execs Face First Criminal Charges In Opioid Crisis Enlarge this image toggle caption Kathy Willens/AP Kathy Willens/AP A major pharmaceutical distribution company and two of its former executives are facing criminal charges for their roles in advancing the nation's opioid crisis and profiting from it. "This prosecution is the first of its kind: executives of a …

Opioid crisis: US doctors accused of trading prescriptions for sex and cash in major scandal
5 years, 8 months ago

Opioid crisis: US doctors accused of trading prescriptions for sex and cash in major scandal

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