Tag: pharmaceuticals

    DOJ Sues CVS, Alleging “Massive Public Harm” From Opioid Dispensing

    The Department of Justice is accusing CVS Pharmacy Inc. of unlawfully filling opioid prescriptions ...

    Pharmacists’ Opioid Decisions: From “Social Sorting” to Policing

    [This article is excerpted from the book Policing Patients. You can read Filter’s interview ...

    How “Trojan Horse Technology” Turned Health Care Into Policing

    Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis is a ...

    Purdue Backs Fraud Claim Against Sacklers, Amid Scramble for Immunity

    In bankruptcy court on July 9, OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma secured an injunction to ...

    Walgreens Rolls Out $34.99 Naloxone, as Generics and OTC Gain Ground

    Walgreens is rolling out an over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone nasal spray, which it will sell ...

    The Opioid Settlements Being Paid in Naloxone Don’t Quite Add Up

    Amneal Pharmaceuticals, a New Jersey-based manufacturer known for generics, has agreed to settle the ...

    Seroquel Gave Me a Reminder That All Drugs Are Merely Tools

    Drugs are not good or bad. They are simply morally neutral tools which can ...

    DEA’s Rx Drug Take Back Day Branded Fun for All the Family

    The worst thing I’ve seen suggested at one of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s biannual ...

    Rx Drug Take Back Days Are Unhelpful at Best, Harmful at Worst

    The Drug Enforcement Administration really, really wants you to give them your leftover prescription ...

    Nan Goldin Isn’t Focused on the Sacklers Anymore

    On March 10, 2018, photographer and activist Nan Goldin led dozens of protestors to ...