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The settlement involves three of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors and an opioid manufacturer. The companies will start releasing funds to a national administrator next month. Money will start flowing to state and local governments in the second or third quarter of this year.
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The number of people dying from overdoses remains high in Michigan, with 2,933 deaths ending in September 2021.
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Michigan communities stand to receive up to nearly $800 million in a historic settlement with opiate drug distributors.
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A nationwide shortage of naloxone is impacting the ability of community organizations and medical facilities to provide overdose prevention services to…
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State attorneys general have settled a number of lawsuits against opioid makers and distributors—and Michigan could get up to $800 million as a result,…
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Drug overdoses in Michigan were on a downward trend before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human…
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Preliminary data suggest that opioid overdoses rose in Michigan this year, according to a University of Michigan database.The U of M Injury Prevention…
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More people are overdosing on opioids since the beginning of the pandemic. Dr. Joneigh Khaldun is the Chief Medical Executive for the State of Michigan.…
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Updated December 17, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.:Michigan has filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies that distribute opioids. The action was filed under a…
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has announced that beginning this week, it will remove prior authorizations for medications that are…