How Rudy Giuliani Was Able To Let Purdue Pharma (OxyContin) Slip Out Of A 2006 Criminal Indictment By DC Back Office Maneuvering How was Purdue able to slip through the 2006 criminal indictment noose and continue to market, sell and prescribe Oxycontin for another 10 years? Guiliani and GW Bush DoJ lawyers agreed to have Purdue Pharma parent “Purdue Fredrick Company” take the guilty plea, thereby permitting Purdue Pharma to continue selling Oxycontin and furthering the current… Read More

State of New York Sues Purdue Pharma Over Oxycontin Sales and Years of Marketing Abuses Purdue Avoided Prosecution in 2007 By Paying $600 Million Over Oxycontin Bad Marketing Purdue Pharma Criminal Plea Agreement US Department of Justice May 10, 2007 Mark A. York (August 15, 2018) (MASS TORT NEXUS MEDIA) The state of New York has joined in the opiate litigation being filed against Purdue Pharma claiming that Purdue misled… Read More

Opioid Addiction In 2016: Employer Costs Pass $2.6 Billion Per Year With 50 Percent Used to Cover Children Employer Costs Pass $2.6 Billion Per Year With 50% Used to Cover Children By Mark A. York (August 3, 2018) Employers spent $2.6 billion on opioid addiction in 2016 $1.5 billion+ was spent on children with opiate addiction issues (MASS TORT NEXUS MEDIA) The now commonly known costs associated with employers treating opioid addiction and… Read More

Opioid Addiction In 2016: Employer Costs Pass $2.6 Billion Per Year With 50% Used to Cover Children Employer Costs Pass $2.6 Billion Per Year With 50% Used to Cover Children By Mark A. York (August 3, 2018) Employers spent $2.6 billion on opioid addiction in 2016 $1.5 billion+ was spent on children with opiate addiction issues (MASS TORT NEXUS MEDIA) The now commonly known costs associated with employers treating opioid addiction and… Read More

Why Does the FDA Ignore “Off-Label” Drug Marketing? “BY REMOVING FDA OVERSIGHT BIG PHARMA RUNS AMOK” By Mark A. York (August 1, 2018) (MASS TORT NEXUS MEDIA)  In 2017 and continuing into 2018, Big Pharma has been fighting major legal battles related to off-label marketing of drugs for unintended uses. They also engaged in a parallel strategy, where they were influencing the FDA… Read More

How Oxycontin, Florida and the Sackler Family Created the Opioid Crisis In America Why are the Sacklers worth $13 billion today? Answer: “The Oxy Express Explained” By Mark A. York (July 30, 2018) (MASS TORT NEXUS MEDIA) A COMPARISON OF OXYCODONE PRESCRIBING In the first six months of 2010, Ohio doctors and health care practitioners bought the second-largest number of oxycodone doses in the country at just under… Read More