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First Opinion By Shravani Durbhakula and Joshua M. Sharfstein

HHS needs to step up so CDC’s new guidelines won’t be ‘a bridge to nowhere’ for most Americans living with chronic pain

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Amgen faces $7B IRS back-tax bill and fine; McKinsey exec apologizes for opioid work during hearing

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Endo wins a reprieve in an opioid lawsuit in Tennessee as appeals court overturns sanctions

First Opinion By Haider J. Warraich

Medicine needs to do right by patients prescribed opioids

Pharmalot By Elizabeth Cooney

Pharmalittle: Advisory panel narrowly votes down ALS drug; Vertex looks to advance experimental pain drug

Opioid photo illustration opioid overdose

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

CVS, Teva, Allergan and Endo reach $878 million deal with Florida over the opioid crisis

First Opinion By John C. Messinger, Anand Chukka and J. Wesley Boyd

The case for decriminalizing the street sale of buprenorphine

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Teva and Allergan reach $107 million deal with Rhode Island over opioid crisis

First Opinion By Emma Biegacki

Emergency response systems must not overlook people with substance use disorders

Pharma By Geoff Mulvihill and Jennifer Peltz — Associated Press

‘Scum of the earth’: Opioid crisis victims face Purdue Pharma owners

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Dozens of towns and counties object to ‘hush money’ tied to Purdue opioid settlement

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Insurers balk at opioid payouts to drugmakers and wholesalers; AbbVie settles another Humira biosimilar lawsuit

Health By Andrew Marquardt — Medill News Service

Doctors, companies push to keep looser, pandemic-era rules for prescribing opioid addiction treatment via telemedicine

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Sacklers agree to $6 billion Purdue bankruptcy settlement over opioid crisis

Health By Andrew Joseph

Supreme Court debates exactly when a doctor’s misprescribing becomes criminal

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Tennessee judge sanctions Endo for withholding opioid documents, refuses to recuse himself from case

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Johnson & Johnson, three pharma wholesalers finalize $26 billion opioid crisis settlement

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Lawmakers ask Justice Department to explore criminal charges against Sacklers

Health By Andrew Joseph

Fight over opioid prescribing — and when it turns criminal — heads to Supreme Court

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Gilead to pay $1.25B to settle HIV patent row with Glaxo; Native American tribes strike $590M deal over opioid crisis

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Native American tribes reach $590 million deal with J&J and three wholesalers over the opioid crisis

First Opinion By Donald Norcross

Opioid overdoses are killing Americans. Improving access to methadone can save lives

Pharma By Associated Press

New York jury holds Teva Pharmaceuticals liable in opioid crisis

First Opinion By Paul J. Joudrey and Adam J. Gordon

Inflexible methadone regulations impede America’s efforts to reduce overdose deaths

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

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Driven by fentanyl, rates of fatal teen overdoses doubled in 2020

As a pain specialist, I may have caused more harm by underprescribing opioids

With overdoses at record highs, a veterinary tranquilizer spreading through the U.S. drug supply poses new threats

In a victory for pain experts, CDC tones down its opioid prescribing guidelines

After ‘startling rebuke’ of multibillion-dollar bankruptcy settlement, ‘these Sacklers don’t deserve a pass — again’

FDA’s kratom ban would harm the public and damage the agency’s credibility

The history of OxyContin, told through unsealed Purdue documents

No more ‘shortcuts’ in prescribing opioids for chronic pain. Millions of Americans need nuanced care

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HHS needs to step up so CDC’s new guidelines won’t be ‘a bridge to nowhere’ for most Americans living with chronic pain

Pharmalittle: Amgen faces $7B IRS back-tax bill and fine; McKinsey exec apologizes for opioid work during hearing

Endo wins a reprieve in an opioid lawsuit in Tennessee as appeals court overturns sanctions

Medicine needs to do right by patients prescribed opioids

Pharmalittle: Advisory panel narrowly votes down ALS drug; Vertex looks to advance experimental pain drug

CVS, Teva, Allergan and Endo reach $878 million deal with Florida over the opioid crisis

The case for decriminalizing the street sale of buprenorphine

Teva and Allergan reach $107 million deal with Rhode Island over opioid crisis

Emergency response systems must not overlook people with substance use disorders

‘Scum of the earth’: Opioid crisis victims face Purdue Pharma owners

Dozens of towns and counties object to ‘hush money’ tied to Purdue opioid settlement

Pharmalittle: Insurers balk at opioid payouts to drugmakers and wholesalers; AbbVie settles another Humira biosimilar lawsuit

Doctors, companies push to keep looser, pandemic-era rules for prescribing opioid addiction treatment via telemedicine

Sacklers agree to $6 billion Purdue bankruptcy settlement over opioid crisis

Supreme Court debates exactly when a doctor’s misprescribing becomes criminal

Tennessee judge sanctions Endo for withholding opioid documents, refuses to recuse himself from case

Johnson & Johnson, three pharma wholesalers finalize $26 billion opioid crisis settlement

Lawmakers ask Justice Department to explore criminal charges against Sacklers

Fight over opioid prescribing — and when it turns criminal — heads to Supreme Court

Pharmalittle: Gilead to pay $1.25B to settle HIV patent row with Glaxo; Native American tribes strike $590M deal over opioid crisis

Native American tribes reach $590 million deal with J&J and three wholesalers over the opioid crisis

Opioid overdoses are killing Americans. Improving access to methadone can save lives

New York jury holds Teva Pharmaceuticals liable in opioid crisis

Inflexible methadone regulations impede America’s efforts to reduce overdose deaths

Judge reverses $4.5 billion Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement

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