USA. Purdue Pharma Settlement a “Stopgap” For Areas Hardest Hit by Opioid Crisis: Report The proposed settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is “no more than a stopgap for local and state governments,” which will continue to face costs rel...

USA. House passes bill that would allow banks to work with cannabis companies The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to advance legislation that would allow banks to provide services to cannabis companies in states where it is legal. (...

Purdue Pharma beantragt Insolvenzverfahren wegen Opioidklagen New York – Der US-Pharmakonzern Purdue Pharma, gegen den fast 2.300 Klagen wegen seines süchtig machenden Schmerzmittels Oxycontin anhängig sind, hat Insolvenz bean­tragt. Mit dem Inso...

USA. Deals: Purdue Nearing Deal Over Opioids as 23 States Agree to Pact Number is less than 35 sought to make bankruptcy deal easier. Purdue moves closer to filing Chapter 11 case later this month. (Bloomberg, USA, 11.09.2019) https://www.bloomb...

USA. Lawsuits alone will not fix the US opioid overdose crisis The Lancet, Volume 394, Issue 10201, 805  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32041-0/fulltext

USA/Kanada. In numbers: Sackler family, Purdue Pharma and the US opioid crisis The Sacklers have become one of the world's most controversial families. (BBC, 16.09.2019) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49718388