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ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Long celebrated as civic-minded philanthropists, the Sacklers were becoming pariahs. The billionaire family whose company created and pushed the addictive painkiller OxyContin had managed to escape connection…

The ProPublica report details the friendship between Michael Bloomberg and Mortimer Sackler and efforts taken to kill a Bloomberg Businessweek story on the Sackler's role in the crisis. News on the epidemic is from Pennsylvania, also. ProPublica: When The Billionaire Family Behind The Opioid Crisis Needed PR Help, They Turned…

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals doled out lavish perks for top U.S. employees who hit or beat sales goals for prescription opioids and other drugs: six-figure bonuses and a chance to snag a coveted “President’s Club” award, which could mean vacations to Hawaii, the Caribbean or Mexico. The company placed that same staff…

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals doled out lavish perks for top U.S. employees who hit or beat sales goals for prescription opioids and other drugs: six-figure bonuses and a chance to snag a coveted “President’s Club” award, which could mean vacations to Hawaii, the Caribbean or Mexico. The company placed that same staff…

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals doled out lavish perks for top U.S. employees who hit or beat sales goals for prescription opioids and other drugs: six-figure bonuses and a chance to snag a coveted “President's Club” award, which could mean vacations to Hawaii, the Caribbean or Mexico.The company placed that same staff in…

The generic drugmaker Mallinckrodt has a tentative $1.6 billion deal with Florida and dozens of other states to settle lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis, it announced Tuesday.The deal is intended to end hundreds of lawsuits faced by the company over opioids.The company said that it had…

By Vandana Rambaran, Fox News February 25, 2020 | 11:41am | Updated February 26, 2020 | 9:50am Purdue Pharma, the drug company that makes OxyContin, launched a $23.8 million ad campaign Monday alerting victims where to file claims if they have been affected or harmed by the opioid. The company…

The generic drugmaker Mallinckrodt has a tentative $1.6 billion deal to settle lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis, it announced Tuesday. The deal is intended to end hundreds of lawsuits faced by the company over opioids. The company said that it had an agreement with a key…

February 25, 2020 at 3:23 AM EST - Updated February 25 at 9:23 PM FBI arrests Cincinnati councilwoman on bribery charges CINCINNATI (AP) — A city councilwoman in Cincinnati has been arrested on federal charges alleging that she offered to sell her vote. Tamaya Dennard was released Tuesday afternoon pending…

Business Drugmaker Mallinckrodt Plc is considering a Chapter 11 filing covering its U.S. generics business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday citing people familiar with the matter. (https://on.wsj.com/3c3rwqH) FILE PHOTO: Bottles of prescription painkillers Hydrocodine Bitartrate and Acetaminopohen, 5mg/325mg pills, made by Mallinckrodt sit on a shelf at a…