CureVac has filed a patent lawsuit in Germany against BioNTech over its use of mRNA technology, marking one of the first known cases of a company going to court amid the fierce competition to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus.
Arkansas sues drugmakers, pharmacy benefit managers over insulin costs
Arkansas, Blockbusters, Cigna, CVS Health, Eli Lilly, Express Scripts Holding, Insulin, Lawsuits, Novo Nordisk, OptumRx, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Prescription Drug Costs, Retail Pharmacies, Sanofi, Therapeutics, UnitedHealth GroupThe Arkansas attorney general on May 11 accused drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of colluding to drive up the price of insulin drugs, the latest in a series of lawsuits to take aim at skyrocketing costs for the life-sustaining medicine.
Walgreens reaches $683 million opioid settlement with Florida
Business, Class Action Lawsuits, CVS Health, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Florida, Lawsuits, Legal, Litigation, Opioid Litigation, Opioids, Pharmacy Chains, Public Health Crisis, Retail Pharmacies, Settlements, Settlements, Therapeutics, Trials, U.S. Opioid Crisis, Walgreens Boots AllianceWalgreens Boots Alliance reached a $683 million settlement with Florida to resolve claims that the pharmacy chain exacerbated an opioid epidemic in the state.
Opioid distributors reach $518 million settlement with Washington state
Allegations, AmerisourceBergen, Business, Cardinal Health, Class Action Lawsuits, Drug Distributors, Epidemics, Hydrocodone, Johnson & Johnson, Lawsuits, Legal, McKesson, Opioid Epidemic, Opioid Overdoses, Opioids, Opioids, Settlements, Therapeutics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, WashingtonWashington reached a $518 million settlement with drug distributors McKesson Corp., AmerisourceBergen Corp. and Cardinal Health, ending a months-long trial over the companies’ alleged role in fueling the opioid epidemic in the state, the three companies announced on May 3.
Johnson & Johnson filed a lawsuit against drug distributors and a pharmacy seeking to stop the sale of counterfeit versions of the company’s HIV drugs, months after a similar case brought by Gilead Sciences Inc.
Walgreens, Teva face San Francisco trial over opioid epidemic
Alabama, AmerisourceBergen, Business, California, Cardinal Health, Drug Distributors, Endo, Epidemics, Johnson & Johnson, Lawsuits, Lawsuits, Los Angeles, McKesson, Opioid Lawsuits, Opioids, Opioids, Pharmacies, Pharmacy, Purdue Pharma, San Francisco, Therapeutics, U.S. Opioid Crisis, Walgreens Boots Alliance, West VirginiaSan Francisco squared off on April 25 against Walgreens Boots Alliance and three other companies accused of fueling an opioid crisis in the city, the first trial to target manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies over the addictive pain medicines.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Garland sued UnitedHealth Group over Medicaid fraud. In the lawsuit, Garland alleged the insurance company overinflated drug charges, costing Louisiana taxpayers billions of dollars.
Tennessee Court of Appeals Orders Recusal of Trial Court Judge and Vacates Default Judgment on Liability Against Endo
Business, Class Action Lawsuits, Endo, Lawsuits, Litigation, Opioid Litigation, Opioid Litigation, Opioid Overdoses, Opioid Prescriptions, Opioids, Opioids, Opioids, Opioids, Opioids, Overdoses, Overturned Verdicts, Prescriptions, Probes, Specialty Pharma, Substance Abuse, Tennessee, Therapeutics, U.S. Opioid CrisisEndo International plc announced that the Tennessee Court of Appeals reversed a trial court judge’s order denying a motion for recusal by Endo’s wholly owned subsidiaries Endo Health Solutions Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Clay County et al. v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al, pending in the Circuit Court for Cumberland County, Tennessee, and remanded the case for transfer to a different judge.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. supplied billions of opioid pills to drug addicts and criminals, contributing to an addiction epidemic in Florida, a lawyer for the state said on April 11 as a civil trial against the pharmacy chain got underway.