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Walgreens reaches $683m settlement with Florida over role in opioid crisis

The company settled over claims that it exacerbated the opioid crisis in the Sunshine State.

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

Walgreens Announces $683M Opioid Settlement With Florida

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) has reached a $683 million settlement with Florida to resolve claims that the pharmacy chain exacerbated an opioid epidemic in the state. The settlement includes $620 million to be paid to Florida over 18 years, plus $63 million for legal fees. The settlement ends a trial that began…

Benzinga · May 5, 2022

Walgreens agrees to pay Florida $683 million to settle opioid lawsuit

Walgreens has agreed to pay the state of Florida $683 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the drugstore chain helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis, the company announced Thursday.

Orlando Sentinel · May 5, 2022

How the test-to-treat pillar of the US COVID strategy is failing patients

The federal “test-to-treat” program, announced in March, is meant to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by quickly getting antiviral pills to people who test positive. But even as cases rise again, many Americans don’t have access to the program.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2022

Baby formula shortage: What is causing supply issue and which stores are rationing products?

Out-of-stock per centages reached higher than 40 per cent in seven states in first week of April

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

Reliance studying possible bid for Walgreens’s boots chain

NEW DELHI: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries is weighing a possible bid for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc’s international drugstore unit, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Times of India · Apr 14, 2022

Q&A: Penn ethicist Zeke Emanuel has another life as a venture capitalist

Ezekiel Emanuel chairs the department of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania. He started the bioethics department at the National Institutes of Health, helped shape U.S. health-care policy as a senior aide in the Obama administration, served on President Joe Biden's COVID-19 task force, and advocates…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 13, 2022

EXPLAINER: Where do US opioid trials, settlements stand?

A trial on whether pharmacy chain Walgreens bears responsibility for the opioid crisis started Monday in Florida on the heels of opening statements last week in another opioid trial in West Virginia

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2022

Trial opens in Florida opioid lawsuit case against Walgreens

Trial opened Monday in Florida’s opioid epidemic lawsuit against the Walgreens pharmacy chain, which state officials accuse of prioritizing profits over health by improperly dispensing millions of powerful painkillers that caused tens of thousands of deaths

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2022

Merger Arbitrage Mondays - WindAcre Doubles Its Stake In Nielsen Holdings (NLSN) And Other Deals

  Merger activity decreased last week with three new deals announced and six deals completed. Tivity Health (NASDAQ: TVTY)

Benzinga · Apr 11, 2022