Tag: Legal
Oklahoma Judge Fines Johnson & Johnson $572 Million Over Opioid Drug Crisis
Verdict could have huge implications as other states and communities target pharmaceutical firms
Vaping Industry Group Sues to Delay FDA Review of E-Cigarettes
Current deadline is May 2020 for all companies to submit their vaping products for federal review
Warnings Issued to Companies Illegally Selling E-Liquid, Hookah Products
FDA says companies are selling products without required marketing authorization
Company Reaches $1.4 Billion Settlement in Opioid Treatment Investigation
Settlement the largest in U.S. history in a case involving an opioid medication
Serious Misdiagnosis-Related Harms Mostly Due to ‘Big Three’
Vascular events, infections, cancers account for 74.1 percent of high-severity misdiagnosis-related harms
DOJ Asks Congress to Permanently Classify Fentanyl-Like Drugs
2018 temporary order that tightened controls on fentanyl-like drugs expires in February 2020
New York State Halts Religious Vaccine Exemption
Those who support the bill say that religion should not trump science
Maine Legalizes Assisted Suicide
Doctors can now prescribe lethal dose of a drug to terminally ill and it will not be legally a suicide
California Bill to Tighten Vaccine Exemptions Moves Forward
State public health officials would have the authority to decide which children qualify for medical exemptions
Clinical Drug Diversion Costly to Health Care Organizations
Report finds 47.2 million doses lost due to health care worker misuse and theft in 2018
