All the headlines from our Drugs Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 17 2018 // Supporters of legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky touted its potential as a viable alternative to ease the state’s addiction woes from opioid painkillers.Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes joined other...
Jan 16 2018 // The Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) is accepting comments through Feb. 20 on a compounded drug rule that was first proposed in June 2017.On June 16, 2017, DWC...
Jan 16 2018 // State health officials are proposing a multifaceted plan for confronting the drug crisis killing hundreds of West Virginians each year, one that would require action by everyone from lawmakers to doctors to judges to...
Jan 11 2018 // Ohio residents with work-related back injuries in most cases must try remedies like rest, physical therapy and chiropractic care before turning to spinal fusion surgery and prescription painkillers under a groundbreaking...
Jan 10 2018 // Three Native American tribes in the Dakotas are suing opioid manufacturers and distributors, alleging they concealed and minimized the addiction risk of prescription drugs.The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux...
Jan 10 2018 // The judge overseeing U.S. cities’ and counties’ lawsuits against makers of opioid painkillers said he hopes a sweeping resolution can be worked out by the end of the year that will have a “meaningful...
Jan 4 2018 // West Virginia still leads the nation in the rate of drug overdose deaths. The Register-Herald reports the latest data from the National Center for Health Statistics shows the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths in...
Dec 29 2017 // Bob Kelsey can’t afford a cancer drug that could save his life.The retired firefighter, 53, needs Revlimid to stay healthy. Celgene Corp. has raised the price 88 percent over the past seven years. The drug...
Dec 29 2017 // Life expectancy among Americans has fallen for the second year in a row as the opioid crisis continues to drive up overall death rates in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.A total of...
Dec 28 2017 // Authorities say a Southern California couple used a drone to deliver illegal drugs to their customers.Benjamin Baldassarre and Ashley Carroll, of Riverside, were charged with possessing controlled substances for sale and...
Dec 27 2017 // A U.S. judge on Friday overturned a $150 million verdict against AbbVie Inc. that was the first to result from lawsuits claiming that the company fraudulently misrepresented the risks of its testosterone replacement drug...
Dec 22 2017 // California’s top court has opened the door for consumers to sue Novartis AG and other makers of brand-name pharmaceutical products over injuries blamed on generic versions of the drugs manufactured by other...
Dec 20 2017 // South Carolina’s governor announced Monday that he’s using executive orders to limit opioid prescriptions under two state programs and start a response team to look for ways to fight abuse of the powerful...
Dec 18 2017 // CVS Corp.’s proposed purchase of Aetna Inc. will affect decision-making by a majority of large and mid-size U.S. corporations on employee health benefits, a survey by benefits consultant Aon Plc found.CVS, the...
Dec 12 2017 // The Arkansas State Medical Board has approved draft regulations aimed at reducing opioid abuse.The board unanimously voted in favor of the regulations on Dec. 7. The requirements are based on guidelines issued last year by...
Dec 11 2017 // The trade group representing U.S. drugmakers said it has a filed a lawsuit to stop California from implementing a law aimed at reining in prescription drug prices.The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America,...
Dec 11 2017 // McKesson Corp.’s board failed to audit the company’s system to spot suspicious shipments of opioid-based painkillers even after agreeing to do so as part of a settlement, according to a summary of board minutes...
Dec 8 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation will adopt an evidence-based drug formulary for medical providers treating injured workers beginning Jan. 1, 2018, following approval by the Office of Administrative...
Dec 7 2017 // In 2016, overall growth in national spending on healthcare slowed in 2016, increasing 4.3 percent following 5.8 percent growth in 2015, according to a report by actuaries with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Dec 7 2017 // Johnson & Johnson and Bayer AG are responsible for a woman’s injuries tied to the blood-thinning drug Xarelto and must pay almost $28 million in damages, jurors concluded in the companies’ first loss at a...