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Washington State Supreme Court Holds No Advertising Exception To Learned Intermediary Doctrine

August 25, 2022

The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (“Washington Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 2, 2022, “a drug manufacturer is protected under the learned intermediary doctrine even when they advertise directly to consumers, provided they give adequate warnings to the[...]

Rhode Island Settles Opioid Claims Against Two Pharmaceutical Companies For Over $100 Million

August 11, 2022

The Rhode Island Attorney General Office announced on March 21, 2022 opioid settlements with drug manufacturers Teva and Allergan that includes $28.5 million in cash as well as one million life-saving Naloxone sprays to Rhode Island over the next 10 years, free of charge. Rhode Island will also rece[...]

Teva Announces $4.35 Billion Nationwide Settlement Of Opioid Lawsuits

August 1, 2022

Teva Announces $4.35 Billion Nationwide Settlement Of Opioid Lawsuits: In reporting its Second Quarter 2022 Consolidated Financial Results, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. (“Teva”) announced its $4.35 billion settlement of nationwide lawsuits alleging its role in the nationwide opio[...]

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Government Must Prove Intent In Criminal Cases Against Physicians Charged With Illegally Prescribing Opioids

July 4, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Government Must Prove Intent In Criminal Cases Against Physicians Charged With Illegally Prescribing Opioids: The United States Supreme Court stated in its June 27, 2022 opinion: “In each of these two consolidated cases, a doctor was convicted under §841 for dispensin[...]

Alaska Doctor Sentenced To 34 Months For Illegal Prescriptions Resulting In 5 Deaths

April 24, 2022

The United States Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Alaska announced on January 18, 2022 that Wasilla, Alaska 64-year-old medical doctor David Chisholm has been sentenced by a federal judge to 34 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and fined[...]

Federal Appellate Court Orders New Trial In Taxotere (Docetaxel) Products Liability Litigation Due To Improper Defense Expert Witness

April 6, 2022

In its opinion filed on February 10, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) stated: “we are persuaded that the district court erred by admitting Dr. Kopreski’s testimony under Rule 701, and the error was not harmless because Ear[...]

Viatris Agrees To Pay $264 Million To Settle EpiPen Class Action Lawsuit

March 3, 2022

Viatris was formed in 2020 through the combination of Mylan and Upjohn, a legacy division of Pfizer. Viatris sells the EpiPen (epinephrine injection, USP) 0.3 mg and EpiPen Jr (epinephrine injection, USP) 0.15 mg, which are single-dose auto-injectors and combination products containing drug and devi[...]

Recall Of Certain Powdered Infant Formula Produced In Abbott Nutrition’s Facility In Sturgis, Michigan

February 19, 2022

The FDA announced on February 17, 2022 that it is investigating consumer complaints of Cronobacter sakazakii and Salmonella Newport infections. All of the cases are reported to have consumed powdered infant formula produced from Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, Michigan facility. As a result of the[...]

Lawsuit Filed For Baby’s NEC Death Allegedly Due To Infant Formula

February 4, 2022

A federal lawsuit filed on January 5, 2022 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Chicago Division alleges: “This action arises out of the catastrophic and preventable death of a newborn baby who died due to a horrific and deadly disease caused and/or substan[...]

Oklahoma Supreme Court Overturns $465 Million Opioid Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson

November 10, 2021

In its opinion issued on November 9, 2021, the the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma (“Oklahoma Supreme Court”) stated: “An opioid manufacturer appealed a $465 million verdict following a bench trial in a public nuisance lawsuit. The district court held the opioid manufacturer[...]

Louisiana Doctor Charged With Illegally Dispensing Over 1.2M Opioid Doses

September 22, 2021

On August 27, 2021, a federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana returned an indictment charging a Louisiana physician for his role in distributing over 1,200,000 doses of Schedule II controlled substances, including oxycodone and morphine, outside the scope of professional practice and not for a [...]

Manhattan Pain Management Doctor Sentenced To 210 Months In Prison For Oxycodone And Fentanyl Prescriptions

July 31, 2021

On July 8, 2021, Gordon Freedman, a doctor who practiced in New York, New York, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 121 months in prison for participating in a scheme to receive bribes and kickbacks in the form of fees for sham educational programs (“Speaker Programs”) from pharmaceutica[...]

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