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April 26, 2022
Drugmakers Teva and Allergan deflected blame for San Francisco's opioid crisis in opening statements of a multibillion-dollar bellwether bench trial Tuesday, saying they're "small fish" responsible for a "minuscule portion" of the city's opioids, and pointing to bankrupt Purdue Pharma as the true culprit.
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April 25, 2022
The city of San Francisco kicked off an epic multibillion-dollar bellwether bench trial Monday in its suit alleging drugstore chain Walgreens, drugmakers Teva and Allergan and distributor Anda illegally fueled the opioid epidemic, promising to reveal "the myths, the lies and the misleading statements" that fed the crisis and ravaged the city.
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April 21, 2022
Amid thousands of opioid crisis lawsuits, one of the biggest bellwether trials so far — a seismic showdown in San Francisco federal court — is set to shake up the opioid litigation landscape with an in-depth exploration of the pharmaceutical industry's role in drug abuse overrunning a major American city.
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April 20, 2022
Endo Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $10 million over the course of 10 years to resolve the city of San Francisco's claims stemming from the drugmaker's role in the opioid crisis, a deal that comes just days before the company's bellwether bench trial was set to kick off in California federal court, according to an announcement Wednesday.
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April 12, 2022
Opioid crisis lawsuits against major companies in the pharmaceutical supply chain are heating up in large numbers, producing a byzantine brew of battles in courts all across America. Here, Law360 provides a map that will continue to track completed, ongoing and upcoming trials.
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April 09, 2022
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation unexpectedly ruled late Friday that a huge and historic MDL for opioid crisis lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies has accomplished key objectives and doesn't offer enough remaining upsides to warrant the addition of future cases.
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April 08, 2022
Teva Pharmaceuticals, Allergan, Anda Inc. and other drugmakers and distributors can't escape San Francisco's claims in an upcoming bellwether bench trial, the California federal judge overseeing the multidistrict opioid litigation has ruled, but Endo International can beat allegations attributed to its subsidiaries.
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April 05, 2022
The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday swatted away protests from Walgreens and Walmart about "extraordinary, unusual pressure" to strike a settlement after a jury blamed them for out-of-control opioid sales, clearing the way for the first damages trial against pharmacy giants in multidistrict litigation.
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April 04, 2022
The California federal judge overseeing an upcoming bellwether bench trial in multidistrict opioid litigation explained the strict time limits he put on the trial's testimony Monday, declaring that like Miss Piggy, "Opioid trial, c'est moi."
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March 23, 2022
An impending bellwether trial involving San Francisco and several drug companies in multidistrict opioid litigation will be among the shortest opioid trials yet despite shaping up as one of the largest, a California federal judge said Wednesday, an admittedly startling move accompanied by other streamlining efforts.