NY AG has ‘no comment’ on whether criminal charges will be pursued against company executives; NC AG predicts ‘north of 40 states’ expected to accept settlement and would then need to convince municipalities to come on board. States with ongoing litigation against manufacturers may opt for jury trial instead.
J&J, distributors reach deal with states to resolve opioid litigation • Source: Alamy
Johnson & Johnson will pay up to $5bn over nine years and the three largest US distributors – Cardinal Health, Inc., McKesson Corp., and AmerisourceBergen Corporation – will pay up to $21bn over the next 18 years to resolve claims by state and local governments they helped fuel the opioid epidemic under an agreement with state attorneys general.
But the deal, which would be the second largest in US history after the tobacco industry settlement, depends on a...
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The UK regulator approved 16 medicines containing a new active substance in the first half of this year, while the European Commission issued marketing authorizations for 20 NAS-containing drugs.
Joint clinical assessment reports must be descriptive rather than reach definitive conclusions, and must not interfere with national decision making processes, according to new EU guidance.
An effort to change the US Food and Drug Administration’s conclusion that its obesity treatment candidate retatrutide is a drug and not a biologic could give the product more time with unrestricted pricing in Medicare, among other benefits.
Revised recommendation is based on most recent data on circulating strains in US, where KP.3 is now dominant. Novavax sticks with plans targeting the JN.1 ‘parent strain.’
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