Purdue Pharma bankruptcy shielding Sackler family heads to Supreme Court
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 2019 after it faced scores of lawsuits related to the opioid crisis.
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 2019 after it faced scores of lawsuits related to the opioid crisis.
Across the country, family members of children, parents and other relatives struggling with the disease of addiction are facing new financial burdens whether it's missing work, blowing through their savings or becoming parents again in their 60s and 70s.
But the major pharmacy chain says the filing is part of a plan to bring it back to financial health.
An effort to destigmatize the use of overdose reversal drugs that started as a pilot in two West Virginia counties has expanded to all thirteen states in Appalachia this year.
The pharmaceutical company had filed for bankruptcy again earlier this week.
West Virginia is finalizing the leadership for a newly created foundation tasked with distributing the lion's share of the more than $1 billion in opioid lawsuit-settlement money coming to the state with the nation's highest overdose death rate.
A social services center in Morgantown is the site of the first Narcan vending machine in the area.
A Pine Township mother is speaking up for the first time since her daughter died of a fentanyl overdose a year ago.
The Justice Department alleged Rite Aid's Government Affairs department told employees to delete internal information warning about suspicious prescribers.
The department accused the companies of mishandling opioid medications.
CVS and Walgreens have agreed to pay state and local governments a combined total of more than $10 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
The focus is now on how settlement dollars will be used and whether they can curtail overdose deaths.
Our city is dying of drug addiction, so let people who care about what our city is dying from fix the problem."
Deal would make it the first major pharmacy chain to reach a nationwide settlement over its handling of opioid prescriptions.
"They don't have to come and write 20 names on a wall because everyone's dying."
Walmart and CVS Pharmacy have settled with the state of West Virginia for a combined total of $147 million in a lawsuit over the companies' roles in contributing to the oversupply of prescription drugs that fueled the opioid epidemic in the country's most impacted state, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Tuesday.
A recent Supreme Court ruling has raised the bar to convict doctors accused of fueling the opioid crisis.
A former opioid manufacturer has agreed to pay up to $2.4 billion in a deal with a dozen states.
The original ruling favored three major U.S. drug distributors.
Allegheny County is suing several major players in the pharmaceutical world in relation to the opioid epidemic.
A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit that accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.
A landmark case is still awaiting a verdict nearly one year later.
A former South Hills pharmacist was sentenced on drug and fraud charges.
The attorney general said the figure is reflective of the severity of the opioid crisis in West Virginia.
A KDKA investigation is getting results.
There's a big push right now to better connect doctors and patients.
Mountain View Middle School in Cumberland County canceled an upcoming appearance by actor and children's book author Maulik Pancholy.
Three local Republican state House members are among the few being challenged within their party primary.
A local group says storm grates are the key to keeping our communities safe and stable.
Sunday is National Tea Day in the United States.
There's a big push right now to better connect doctors and patients.
Mountain View Middle School in Cumberland County canceled an upcoming appearance by actor and children's book author Maulik Pancholy.
Three local Republican state House members are among the few being challenged within their party primary.
A local group says storm grates are the key to keeping our communities safe and stable.
Sunday is National Tea Day in the United States.
Three local Republican state House members are among the few being challenged within their party primary.
Three local Republican state House members are among the few being challenged within their party primary, and that includes state Rep. Marci Mustello of Butler. KDKA-TV's Jon Delano reports.
KDKA-TV's Jon Delano has more.
The 50th House District includes all of Greene County and 24 municipalities in Washington County.
A person self-immolated at a park across from the courthouse where former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial is taking place.
The summer fuel blend along with inspections and maintenance at refineries are partially to blame for the rising prices.
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Police say weather emergencies are ripe opportunities for scammers and unlicensed contractors.
PTL's Katie O'Malley is getting a look inside the gigantic, brand new Dick's House of Sport store that just opened at Ross Park Mall in the North Hills.
One realtor said no matter what neighborhood, home values are way up in Pittsburgh.
That's a wrap for this week on PTL!
Daisy was at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center where "Footloose" is getting a fresh new twist!
We were joined by students from IUP Friday morning to give us a lesson in 3D printing!
On PTL this morning, Katie got a sneak peak at some of the new features at the park ahead of opening day on April 20!
We were joined by Gloriana Tenney, the creator of GiGi's Cookie Co. We made Kennywood-themed cookies ahead of the park's opening!
Vince Fannick was charged with 117 counts of insurance fraud, theft by deception and unlawful talking.
Is the city of Pittsburgh about to fall off a fiscal cliff?
An untold number of 55-gallon drums containing radioactive waste are buried in shallow trenches on a site in Armstrong County.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said he wants to stop independent pharmacies from closing up.
Independent pharmacists blame middlemen who they say are sucking the life out of your community pharmacy.
There's a big push right now to better connect doctors and patients.
Coal miners can breathe at least a small sigh of relief with the new federal rule that cuts their exposure to silica dust.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
Just like your eyes can help diagnose health issues, your feet can also be an indicator of something wrong.
Organic option is best when buying certain produce, especially blueberries, nonprofit group says in analysis of chemical residues.
Russell Wilson is no stranger to the baseball diamond.
Crosby has one year left on his contract.
Skenes has struck out 27 batters in four appearances for the Indianapolis Indians.
Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins legend, returned to action Thursday for the first time since turning 52 and immediately scored.
Major League Baseball reportedly announced the suspension and fine on Thursday.
Wawa is officially in central Pennsylvania.
President Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh to meet with steelworkers, promising to keep U.S. Steel American-owned.
The Labor Department has issued a new rule intended to protect coal miners from poisonous silica dust.
The Ferri family says that the store will be closing at the end of May.
The coffee shop with a mission began in 2016 and has now expanded to our area.
Mountain View Middle School in Cumberland County canceled an upcoming appearance by actor and children's book author Maulik Pancholy.
Swindell will be joined by Ashley Cooke as part of Pittsburgh Brewing Company's inaugural summer concert series.
Record store day is this Saturday, which is what independent record store owners call their Super Bowl.
Anticipation was growing at a fever pitch before Taylor Swift's latest album, "The Tortured Poets Department," dropped at midnight EDT. But it turned out it's actually a double album.
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man," has died.
For women, having a baby is considered one of the best days of their lives. But for some, particularly women of color, it can be more of a day full of fear and loneliness. So, there's a big push right now to better connect doctors and patients. KDKA-TV's Lindsay Ward reports.
Three local Republican state House members are among the few being challenged within their party primary, and that includes state Rep. Marci Mustello of Butler. KDKA-TV's Jon Delano reports.
We walk past them or step over them all the time, but a local group says storm grates are the key to keeping our communities safe and stable. KDKA-TV's Meghan Schiller has more.
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