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The Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, which has more than 390,000 citizens, has agreed on a $75 million settlement with the country’s three largest drug distributors, a groundbreaking deal that’s the first of its kind to ever be made with a tribal government. As reported by NPR, the deal was made with AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson. “This settlement […]
Purdue Pharma has reached a tentative deal to settle 2,000-plus federal lawsuits over its alleged role in the opioid crisis, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Sources with knowledge of the negotiations said the OxyContin maker has agreed to pay between $10 billion to $12 billion over time; that sum includes a $3 billion payout from the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma. As […]
A man has been charged with making threats against the mother of the late Purdue Uniersity superfan and cancer research enthusiast Tyler Trent, who died at the age of 20 one week ago. According to the Volusia County Sherrif’s Office, John Matthew Pinkham was arrested on Jan. 7 and hit with a felony charge for making written death threats, which […]
Purdue superfan Tyler Trent, whose battle with a rare form of bone cancer and advocacy became a nationwide story, has passed away. He was 20 years old. Trent was fighting a third round of a cancer called osteosarcoma. He died on New Year’s Day, leading to a flood of tributes from sports world figures who […]
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