Sacklers reach new $7.4 billion settlement over opioid crisis Family members will not receive immunity from future lawsuits +++++

https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2025/01/23/purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement-sackler-family-to-pay-billions-more-oxycontin-litigation/?utm_campaign=breaking_news&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--XxVFRJdAFYQ7keqe8_gc-8baP0Q1N9gepCOEKhfd9oEeTWR87pD-u6N-clZFr5UsKpwDQVsfG401PbJz1QSiueCgdSA&_hsmi=343873229&utm_content=343873229&utm_source=hs_email Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family that own the company have agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with 15 states to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed over the role they allegedly played in fomenting the long-running opioid crisis in the U.S. The tentative agreement in a federal bankruptcy court adds $1.4 billion to a previous deal that had been scuttled last year by the U.S. Supreme Court over the insistence of some Sackler family members who sought immunity from future lawsuits. FDA approves Purdue Pharma’s controversial new overdose-reversal medication Lev Facher By Lev Facher https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/07/fda-approves-purdue-nalmefene-overdose-reversal-medication/?utm_campaign=breaking_news&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_lPJex8Zqu2XdtkIA1A1qk790g3sCi-f9ryU-ZJsRj-W87LOWMr_PjMMrE9XyHZNcXcangKgXOyStu0SUxCdM7UIlhPA&_hsmi=343873229&utm_content=343873229&utm_source=hs_email Purdue’s Richard Sackler proposed plan to play down OxyContin risks, and wanted drug maker feared ‘like a tiger,’ files show Casey Ross By Casey Ross https://www.statnews.com/2019/12/02/purdue-richard-sackler-proposed-plan-play-down-oxycontin-risks/?utm_campaign=breaking_news&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9NrVtsXYH7e8j-AKvVm0QTnD68Nr6Qh7jWPHnymhQoJtlZVtB8v6l664Xf39QbryFKJI3PYlOflM8mrfzX-ScXUGqZBw&_hsmi=343873229&utm_content=343873229&utm_source=hs_email Biden administration moves to expand, preserve access to addiction treatments as term expires Biden oversaw a historic shift toward harm reduction for addiction https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/17/opioid-addiction-access-buprenorphine-suboxone-biden-legacy/?utm_campaign=breaking_news&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_FQWtPuEP7Ba9FME99qBwZ_mOg2kz5WFbTKVOS6Nwbypd6j7kVEgOZM2LGO5JEj-9X_C8NbUgTBEmiww-grkB10rQ4uQ&_hsmi=343873229&utm_content=343873229&utm_source=hs_email An NYC nonprofit has reversed 1,700 overdoses since 2021. Under Trump, it faces an uncertain future Lev Facher By Lev Facher https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/17/onpoint-overdose-prevention-uncertain-future-opposition-to-harm-reduction/?utm_campaign=breaking_news&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_Fm9lekxkmBd4SFTqq3yvmcyeG_eWIO7aImAIk-HT5TL5EkMyxVUVPHy7Yn90n3uHR7GMj6ojRXCIN-jIdh2sH1HJA9Q&_hsmi=343873229&utm_content=343873229&utm_source=hs_email