Tag: Opioid
Walmart pays $3.1 billion over opioid scandal
As of: 11/16/2022 8:24 a.m US shopping giant Walmart has accepted a $3.1 billion settlement. The company is accused of being partly responsible for the opioid addiction of millions of…
Walmart pays $3.1 billion over opioid scandal
US retailer Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to ward off thousands of lawsuits alleging the company was complicit in the opioid scandal. That reports the New York Times…
Opioid crisis in the USA: pharmacies pay billions in compensation
Status: 03.11.2022 10:19 a.m Four pharmacy chains in the United States are paying $13.8 billion in compensation over the mass abuse of painkillers. The settlement is part of the reappraisal…
Why are Americans failing to get out of the opioid crisis?
More than 500,000 people have died by overdose in twenty years in the United States. More specifically, by overdose caused by taking opiates. The country is facing a real health…
Opioid crisis – US pharmacy chains fined millions – Economy
Walmart, CVS and Walgreens have been ordered to pay a total of $650 million in a landmark US opioid lawsuit. The responsible federal judge ruled that the corporations must share…
Opioid crisis in the US: pharmacy chains fined millions
Status: 08/18/2022 08:51 a.m Hundreds of thousands have died in the United States from opioid overdoses. Now three pharmacy chains have been fined $650 million. Two districts severely affected by…
Opioid lawsuits: Walmart and Co. should pay 650 million US dollars – Panorama
Walmart, CVS and Walgreens have been ordered to pay a total of $650 million in a landmark US opioid lawsuit. The responsible federal judge ruled in Cleveland that the corporations…
Purdue Pharma: How one corporation started the opioid crisis in the US – Culture
car accidents? shootings? No: The leading preventable cause of death among Americans under 50 is drug overdoses. Between April 2020 and April 2021, more than 100,000 people died within a…
Opioid crisis in the USA: pharmaceutical companies pay millions to indigenous people
Status: 02/02/2022 8:44 a.m In the United States, indigenous people are the group most affected by painkiller addiction. Now the pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and three pharmaceutical wholesalers are…
Opioid crisis in the USA: pharmaceutical companies pay millions to indigenous people
Status: 02/02/2022 8:44 a.m In the United States, indigenous people are the group most affected by painkiller addiction. Now the pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and three pharmaceutical wholesalers are…