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With ominous TV spots and a senior ‘strike force,’ AARP launches an all-out attack on pharma.

In recent years, it’s become fashionable for politicians in both major parties to propose drug price-fixing and federal meddling.

The bankruptcy is part of a tentative agreement with 24 states and thousands of cities and counties that sought to recover damages.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has embarked on a multibillion-dollar plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the nation’s deadly opioid crisis by transforming itself in bankruptcy court into a sort of hybrid between a business and a charity.

Elk Grove Village, a community of 32,000 outside Chicago has launched a program in which addicted people can ask police officers and other municipal workers for help without fear of arrest, even if they have illegal drugs or paraphernalia.

The filing, made in federal bankruptcy court in White Plains, N.Y., marks a remarkable downfall for the closely held company started more than five decades ago in New York by three physician brothers.

Purdue Pharma, the company behind the prescription painkiller OxyContin, has filed for bankruptcy.

Purdue Pharma, the drug manufacturer behind OxyContin and much of the US opioid crisis, is declaring corporate bankruptcy.

Across Canada, 1 person dies every 2 hours from opioid-related causes. The opioid crisis is a top issue in this federal election campaign. Here’s how each party plans to address the problem if elected.

The Trump Administration is ramping up pressure on Congress to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement.

Milestones of Drug Regulation in the United States

Total industry bill to resolve litigation seen at $150 billion.

Dark money groups have spent more than $65 million so far in 2019 to try to kill Medicare for All and other efforts to lower healthcare costs.

Josh Wilkerson switched to a cheaper insulin when the price of his life-saving medication went up, a decision that ended up being fatal.