#Opioid-Crisis
Events indexed under #Opioid-Crisis — 23 entries in the record.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-13 | McKinsey Agrees to $650 Million Criminal Settlement for Role in 'Turbocharging' Opioid Sales for Purdue Pharma McKinsey & Company · U.S. Department of Justice · Purdue Pharma · Martin Elling · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-27 | Supreme Court Rejects $6B Purdue Pharma Settlement Granting Sackler Family Immunity from Opioid Lawsuits U.S. Supreme Court · Sackler Family · Purdue Pharma · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-27 | Supreme Court Rejects Sackler Immunity in 5-4 Decision, Blocks Bankruptcy Shield U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · Ketanji Brown Jackson · Brett Kavanaugh · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2023-05-30 | Second Circuit Reverses District Court, Reinstates Sackler Immunity Deal U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Sackler Family · Purdue Pharma · U.S. Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2022-02-25 | National $26 Billion Opioid Settlement with Distributors and J&J, Zero Executive Prosecutions McKesson · Cardinal Health · AmerisourceBergen · Johnson & Johnson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-12-16 | Federal Judge Overturns Sackler Immunity Deal, Rules Bankruptcy Law Violated Colleen McMahon · Sackler Family · Purdue Pharma · U.S. Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2021-11-23 | Federal Jury Finds CVS, Walgreens, Walmart Liable for Fueling Ohio Opioid Crisis CVS · Walgreens · Walmart · Lake County Ohio · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-09-01 | Bankruptcy Court Approves Sackler Immunity Deal Despite DOJ Opposition Robert Drain · Sackler Family · Purdue Pharma · U.S. Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-21 | DOJ Purdue Settlement Allows Sacklers to Keep Billions in Extracted Wealth U.S. Department of Justice · Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Richard Sackler · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-01 | McKinsey Advised Purdue on "Turbocharging" OxyContin Sales, Targeting High-Volume Prescribers McKinsey & Company · Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-15 | Purdue Pharma Files Bankruptcy to Shield Sackler Family from Civil Lawsuits Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Richard Sackler · David Sackler · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-08-26 | Oklahoma Wins $572 Million Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson for Opioid Public Nuisance Thad Balkman · Johnson & Johnson · State of Oklahoma | confirmed | |
| 2017-10-26 | Trump Declares Opioid Public Health Emergency Without Requesting Any New Funding Donald Trump · Eric Hargan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-15 | CDC Issues First Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, Twenty Years After OxyContin Launch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-01 | Illicit Fentanyl Overtakes Prescription Opioids as Leading Cause of Overdose Deaths Drug Enforcement Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Illicit Fentanyl Suppliers | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-01 | West Virginia Suffers Highest Per-Capita Opioid Rate, 67 Pills Per Person Annually Purdue Pharma · Drug Wholesalers · McKesson · Cardinal Health · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-05 | Purdue Reformulates OxyContin as "Abuse-Deterrent" After 14 Years, Drives Users to Heroin Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 2007-05-10 | Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Misbranding, $600M Fine, Zero Executives Jailed Purdue Pharma · Michael Friedman · Howard R. Udell · Paul D. Goldenheim · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2001-01-01 | Purdue Pharma Bonus System Incentivizes Sales Reps to Target Highest Opioid Prescribers Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Opioid Epidemic Death Toll Reaches 500,000 Americans Between 2000-2020 Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Food and Drug Administration · Drug Enforcement Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-01 | Purdue Pharma Launches Aggressive OxyContin Marketing Campaign Based on False Claims Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Richard Sackler | confirmed | |
| 1995-12-20 | FDA Approves OxyContin with Unsubstantiated Safety Claims Food and Drug Administration · Purdue Pharma · Dr. Curtis Wright · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 1995-12-12 | FDA Approval of OxyContin Reveals Systemic Regulatory Capture by Purdue Pharma Curtis Wright IV · Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration · Division of Anesthetic, Critical Care, and Addiction Drug Products · +1 | confirmed |