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Johnson & Johnson and three distributors of opioids offer to pay $26 BILLION in landmark settlement of thousands of lawsuits over addictive painkillers and overdose deaths People involved in the negotiations told the New York Times and Reuters the firms are close to closing a deal to end some 3,200 lawsuits Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, … Read more
British boss of pharma group Indivior is sentenced to six months in a US jail over opioid scandal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 23 October 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 23 October 2020 The British former boss of drugs group Indivior has been sentenced to six months in a US … Read more
Dramatic increase in opioid use in the UK as prescriptions for CODEINE jump five-fold in 10 years raising concerns of an addiction crisis Manchester experts studied opioid use among 2 million primary care patients They found use of less common drugs like tramadol and oxycodone is also rising One-in-seven first time opioid patients take the drugs … Read more
Melissa Etheridge opens up on son Beckett’s death at 21 amid opioid addiction: ‘He’s not in pain anymore’ By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 01:43 BST, 11 September 2020 | Updated: 01:43 BST, 11 September 2020 Melissa Etheridge opened up about her son’s Beckett’s death at 21 death four months ago amid opioid addiction, … Read more
British drugs boss faces jail over opioid scandal: Indivior chief exec pleads guilty just a day after quitting firm By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 1 July 2020 A British drugs boss is facing jail in a major prosecution related to the US opioid … Read more
Jaime King’s representative has responded to claims made by her estranged husband Kyle Newman, that she is battling an ‘out of control’ opioid addiction. Newman is asking a judge for sole physical custody of their two sons amid their increasingly ugly divorce, and claims the Ocean’s 8 actress has a drug and alcohol addiction, TMZ … Read more
The UK could be in the grip of a deadly painkiller addiction crisis in the next five years, a doctor has warned. Opioids, which include codeine, morphine and tramadol, should only be available on prescription in Britain but investigators have managed to buy them with ease over-the-counter. Pharmacies are not being hard enough on people … Read more
Britain risks US-style opioid crisis as FIVE million adults get prescriptions for highly addictive drugs every year, reveals government health body Five million adults a year receive prescriptions for the addictive painkillers Public Health England conducted the inquiry which found ‘alarming’ results Health Secretary Matt Hancock described the findings as ‘shocking’ Opioids are dangerously addictive … Read more