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Actavis settles OxyContin lawsuit with Purdue
ReutersApril 26 (Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc said it had settled a patent lawsuit with Purdue Pharma related to Actavis' generic version of the abuse-deterrent formulation of Purdue's painkiller OxyContin. Under the agreement, Actavis will be...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, New Products, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, IMS Health Incorporated
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Tribeca 2013: 'The Rocket,' 'Kill Team' among fest's top winners
NEW YORK -- A scripted feature about life in Laos and documentaries about U.S. war crimes and a town in the grip of a debilitating drug addiction were among the big winners at the Tribeca Film Festival's jury prizes Thursday night. "The Rocket," the...
Tags: New York City, War Crimes, Film Festivals, Justice System, Berlin International Film Festival
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Niagara County residents arrested in drug ring
Tonawanda News, North Tonawanda, N.Y.Three area men were arrested by North Tonawanda police Wednesday morning and charged with possession and sale of controlled substances with ties to a larger drug trafficking ring between Cleveland, Ohio and Western New York. Interim Police Chief William...Tags: Ridge, Drug Trafficking, Heroin, Punishment, Prosecution
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BRIEF: Two Albrightsville men charged in prescription drug case
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.Police arrested two Albrightsville men with prescription drugs after a traffic stop in Chestnuthill Township on April 5. Albert Bernek, 50, and Timothy Darragh, 56, were found with felonious amounts of oxycodone and Xanax pills and charged with...Tags: Albrightsville, Alprazolam (drug), Prescription Drugs, Monroe County (Pennsylvania)
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Court roundup: Accomplice pleads guilty to break-in
Norwalk Reflector, OhioA New London woman will be sentenced June 5 for helping a man break into a rental property. Erica L. Trushel, 42, of 23 Westwood Drive, pleaded guilty Monday to breaking and entering in exchange for the state dismissing a second, s i m i l a r charge....Tags: Prisons, Lawyers, Justice System, Heroin, Cell Phones
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BRIEF: Delavan man charged in federal court with robbing nine pharmacies
The Wisconsin State JournalA Delavan man suspected in a string of Midwest thefts of the prescription painkiller oxycodone was charged Wednesday in federal court with robbing nine pharmacies. Tony D. Taylor, 35, who is being held in Dane County Jail, was previously charged in Dane...Tags: Theft, Trials
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South Carolina woman pleads guilty after oxycodone bust in Ellsworth
Bangor Daily News, MaineELLSWORTH, Maine -- A South Carolina woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony drug trafficking charge. She was sentenced to three years in prison with all but 91 days suspended. Kelly Berkwitz-Gutierrez, 46, was arrested April 1 after selling more...Tags: Prisons, Drug Trafficking, Court Preliminary, Crimes, Hollywood (Broward, Florida)
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Pain doctors on board with crackdown
Kokomo Tribune, Ind.Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller is unleashing a major crackdown on the state's medical community, and a spokesman for Indiana's pain management doctors says it's about time. "It basically just got out of control, to where we're prescribing six...Tags: Methadone (drug), Morphine (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Prescription Drugs, Pain
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Too many pills
Kokomo Tribune, Ind.Medical experts agree the doctors implicated in the Wagoner Medical Center investigation were prescribing too many narcotic pills. An expert witness for the prosecution found numerous cases where four doctors -- all now facing felony drug dealing...Tags: Hydrocodone (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Vicodin (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Percocet (drug)
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'The Merrimack Bandit' charged in federal court
Portland Press Herald, MaineA Massachusetts man known as "The Merrimack Bandit" has been charged with an armed bank robbery and linked to more than a dozen other bank robberies, including one Saturday at the Bangor Savings Bank in York. York police say Rafael Beamud, 32, of...Tags: Theft, York (York, Pennsylvania), Firearms, Trials, FBI
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Keeping old medications? Why and how you should get rid of them
St. Louis Post-DispatchWith deaths from prescription painkillers surpassing the number of deaths from heroine, cocaine and methamphetamine combined, drug enforcement officials are trying to make it easier to safely get rid of unused and expired medications. Saturday is...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Methamphetamine (drug), YMCA, Heroin, Vicodin (drug)
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Florida's crackdown makes big dent in 'pill mills'
About a decade ago, Florida leaders watched as prescription drugs began to wreak havoc across the country. Drugs prescribed to treat pain became known as "hillbilly heroin," and in a matter of years, the epidemic found its way to the Sunshine State....
Tags: Mark NeJame, Heroin, Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals, CVS Corp.
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