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Tennessee state's attorney general said on Wednesday that he has filed a lawsuit against Walgreens, claiming that the pharmacy giant failed to maintain adequate safeguards against the misuse of prescription painkillers, which contributed to the…

Unlawful fentanyl, one of the deadliest street narcotics, has evolved from a silent killer that people frequently try to avoid to one that many opioid users now actively seek out.…

A $50 million talc lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson was dismissed in Illinois on Friday, but hundreds of cases are still pending.

The number of talc-related claims has…

Wisconsin, which has already received the first $6 million of the anticipated $500 million in opioid settlement payments, intends to use a large…

According to the plaintiff's lawyer and the drugmakers identified as defendants in the first lawsuit involving the heartburn medication Zantac that is set to go to trial, the…

Two U.S. military veterans have submitted separate motions and arguments to block 3M from using Chapter 11 bankruptcy to settle the Combat Arms Earplug version 2 (CAEv2…

According to a recent RAND Corporation study, many uninsured Americans find it prohibitively expensive to purchase the opioid antidote naloxone, which presents a barrier to the…

This week, before a federal judge in Indianapolis, the 3M Co.'s attempt to prevent jury trials of more than 230,000 cases accusing it of hurting US soldiers will be put to the…

Nineteen Illinois counties, including five of the six in the Chicago area, are suing some of the biggest drugstore chains in the country on the grounds that they failed to monitor and limit incorrect prescriptions, which they claim is what led to…

A Rhode Island jury heard closing arguments in the first state court trial involving allegedly faulty hernia mesh implants.

The trial, which started in late July, centers…