McKesson

National $26 Billion Opioid Settlement with Distributors and J&J, Zero Executive Prosecutions

2022-02-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On February 25, 2022, Johnson & Johnson and three major drug distributors—McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen—finalized a $26 billion national settlement to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits from states, counties, cities, and Native American tribes. Despite the record settlement …

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West Virginia Suffers Highest Per-Capita Opioid Rate, 67 Pills Per Person Annually

2015-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

West Virginia emerged as the epicenter of the opioid crisis, with the highest rate of drug overdose deaths in 2015 at 41.5 deaths per 100,000 people—nearly three times the national average. From 2007 to 2012, drug wholesalers shipped 780 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to the state, …

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