Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll ...

Sen. Mike Yakawich's bill to prohibit the state from buying overdose reversal drugs from companies that settled with states ...

Billings, compares the state’s purchase of overdose reversal drugs like Narcan from companies that have contributed to the ...

Pfizer Settles Its Subsidiary’s Kickback Allegations for Nearly $60 Million - Pfizer Inc. agreed to pay over $59,746,277 to ...

Last week’s settlement that would see Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, pay $7.4 billion to resolve lawsuits filed by state and local governments across the country is ...

Public health experts have concerns about the opioid reversal agent Opvee. But the company that makes it, Indivior, has found ...

Pennsylvania looks likely to receive another big infusion of money from another court settlement over responsibility for the nation’s ongoing opioid epidemic. If the settlement is finalized, it will ...

U.S. officials have approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated ...

A new painkiller that is said to be free of addiction risks may be transformative for treatment of acute pain, according to local medical professionals. "I think it could be a potentially ...

A Williamsburg-based recovery advocate said she hopes the money will help local families and communities impacted by the crisis.

Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday addressed the joint session of the Connecticut General Assembly. Here is his full speech: For ...

After decades of research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals now has an approved pain medication. Can one of the world’s most powerful ...