North Carolina is poised to receive $150 million from a new multi-state legal settlement with pharmaceutical company Purdue ...

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China treats drug control as a matter of national survival; the US treats it as a political football. Until this changes, no ...

In ‘The Dark Pattern,’ Guido Palazzo and Ulrich Hoffrage show how companies blind themselves to ethical failings.

Purdue Pharma announced its settlement with all 55 attorneys general on Monday after longstanding allegations.

OxyContin first hit the market in 1996, and Purdue Pharma’s aggressive marketing of it is often cited as a catalyst of the nationwide opioid epidemic, with doctors persuaded to prescribe ...

New Jersey allocated $45 million in opioid settlement funds to four hospitals in a last-minute budget maneuver.

Iowa’s share of a legal settlement with the maker of the opioid drug OxyContin is nearly $38 million. Iowa Attorney General ...

(The Center Square) — Colorado recently announced a $3 million grant to provide free naloxone to eligible organizations ...

Just as a compass always points north, accusatory fingers always find a point source of blame. From witches to martyrs to ...

Purdue prepares to pay up, leaving unanswered questions about justice, accountability and how hundreds of thousands of lives ...

Deaths continue today, evidence of the drugs’ powerful hold over those addicted, despite efforts and enormous amounts of ...