While higher than the amounts that Purdue and Teva had to pay, an analyst wrote that the judgment is lower than what the state attorney general had sought. J&J said it plans to appeal the decision.
The settlement, reached Thursday, resolves an investigation concerning the opioid addiction treatment Suboxone Film, made by former subsidiary Invidior.
3D medical animation services have emerged as a groundbreaking tool in the healthcare industry, revolutionizing the way medical concepts are taught, understood, and marketed.
The conviction of John Kapoor and others from Insys Therapeutics represents the first successful prosecution of pharmaceutical executives for crimes related to the opioid crisis, US District Attorney Andrew Lelling said.
Recently, the San Francisco-based health plan reported positive results that showed a 56 percent reduction in overall opioid use among members with chronic, non-cancer pain from 2014 levels.
The trial - of Insys founder John Kapoor and four other defendants - had been scheduled to start Monday morning. Two other executives pleaded guilty in November and earlier this month.
Legislation can help limit the number of pills prescribed, but it will never change the attitudes prevalent in our society that lead people to request opioids in the first-place. Our culture needs a strong dose of reality before we can make any headway in this crisis.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
Earlier this year the FDA launched an innovation challenge to help promote and speed-up the development of devices and therapies intended to prevent and treat opioid use disorder.
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, the largest insurer in the state has announced it will no longer cover prescriptions for what was once a blockbuster pain reliever made by Purdue Pharma.
New research of more than 800 clinicians found those who knew about a patient's overdose death cut the overall volume of opioids they prescribed by almost 10 percent over three months.
"[I]f we don't get tough on the drug dealers, we're wasting our time," Trump said in New Hampshire on March 19. "And that toughness includes the death penalty." In his remarks, the president also outlined other aspects of the administration's plan to fight the opioid crisis, such as confronting overprescribing.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Despite being just four years old, Centrexion, which just raised $67 million, is building a significant pipeline of non-opioid, non-steroidal pain medications.
Dr. Jerome Adams has been sworn in as the nation's 20th Surgeon General and these areas should be his priorities.
As the opioid crisis continues to be top of mind in America, Yale New Haven Health, Yale School of Medicine, Appriss Health and the State of Connecticut have teamed up to better tackle abuse.
President Donald Trump has officially called the opioid epidemic a national emergency. The announcement comes just days after HHS Secretary Tom Price downplayed the need to do so.
Big data analytics might just be the proactive piece of the puzzle we’ve been missing – and the potential for this realistic type of fortune telling could not come at a more exciting time.