Brian Mann
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National
Purdue Pharma Offers Restructuring Plan, Sackler Family Would Give Up Ownership
Under a bankruptcy plan filed late Monday, the OxyContin maker would pay $500 million up front, promising billions in future payments. Twenty-four states rejected the proposal.
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Business
Drug Companies Plan Tax Breaks To Offset $26 Billion Opioid Settlement
Four of the biggest American health companies have tentatively agreed to pay $26 billion to settle their opioid liability. Tax breaks could allow them to claw back $4 billion.
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Business
Tax Breaks Will Offset $26 Billion Opioid Settlement, Drug Firms Say
Lawmakers are blasting the nation's biggest drug makers and distributors for looking to use a pandemic tax-break loophole to write down losses coming from settlements linked to the opioid epidemic.
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National
Grand Jury Clears Buffalo N.Y., Police Accused Of Assaulting Elderly Protester
Officers Aaron Torgalski and Robert McCabe were seen on cell phone video shoving Martin Gugino to the ground. He cracked his skull on the pavement and sustained a brain injury. The video went viral.
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National
Consulting Giant McKinsey To Settle Opioid Claims For $573 Million
McKinsey is the latest major American corporation to face legal, financial and public relations peril stemming from its role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.
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As Overdose Deaths Surge, White House Takes Steps To Build Drug Policy Team
President Biden hasn't named a permanent drug czar but White House officials say they will work to curb overdose deaths in the first 100 days.
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National
With Biden Team Focused On Other Crises, Experts Say Drug Epidemic Is Exploding
The Biden administration had Day 1 plans for the pandemic, economy and climate change. Experts say they haven't yet seen that same focus on the addiction crisis, which is killing 220 people a day.
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National
Investigation: Cuomo Team Undercounted N.Y. COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths
A report issued by Attorney General Letitia James concluded the New York State Department of Health numbers fell short by "as much as 50%."
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Politics
Biden Administration Criticized For Delay In Tackling Opioid Crisis
More than 200 Americans are dying from drug overdoses daily. Now the Biden administration faces criticism for reportedly delaying a Trump administration policy widely seen as a way to help save lives.
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National
Trump Administration Will Let More Doctors Prescribe Drug To Fight Opioid Addiction
The change means that doctors will no longer need a special federal waiver in order to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication to treat opioid use disorder.