The FDA proposed new health warnings for cigarette packages and ads due to small size and lack of an image in current warnings.

A divided federal appeals court ruled against Indivior’s bid to stop Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and Alvogen from selling generic versions of the London-based company’s Suboxone film that infringed the opioid addiction treatment’s patents.

Reckitt Benckiser Group agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle a U.S. investigation into the sales and marketing of Suboxone Film, a product managed by the spinout company Indivior.

The FDA issued warning letters to two companies for illegally selling unapproved drug products that contain the herbal extract kratom.

After accusations of being influenced by Purdue Pharma, the World Health Organization (WHO) withdrew two guidelines for opioid medications following criticism from U.S. lawmakers.

Insys Therapeutics Inc. agreed to pay $225 million and an operating unit will plead guilty to fraud to settle probes into their payment of kickbacks to induce doctors to prescribe highly addictive opioids, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Indivior Plc lost three-quarters of the company’s stock market value and former parent Reckitt Benckiser also fell after the U.S. Justice Department accused the British drugmaker of illegally boosting prescriptions for the blockbuster opioid addiction treatment Suboxone.

Blood pressure and stroke risk rise steadily the more alcohol people drink, and previous claims that one or two drinks a day might protect against stroke are not true, according to a genetic study.

Concentric Analgesics Inc. announced today that the clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for CA-008 in post-surgical pain.

The U.S. Justice Department joined several whistleblower lawsuits against Indivior and Reckitt Benckiser Group, alleging that the drugmakers improperly marketed the opioid addiction treatment Suboxone.