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Pharma exec: 'Mark Cuban's online pharmacy venture should explore Medicare'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A pharma executive says that Mark Cuban’s new prescription drug venture is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the market but when it does finally reach a tipping point, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are likely to feel the pinch -
Opioid defendants, still fighting MDL judge's rulings, now accused of being too stingy with pills
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - The judge overseeing federal multidistrict opioid litigation misinterpreted Ohio law and made up a requirement for pharmacy chains to monitor prescription records for signs of diversion and misuse, defendants said in their latest plea for reconsideration or appellate review. -
Class action complains Walgreens charges more than price listed
PORTLAND, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – Walgreens ripped me off, says a new class action from an unhappy buyer of lemonade mix. -
Pharmacies get access to data key to defending themselves from opioid lawsuits
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Ohio must turn over the names of pharmacies and physicians that filled millions of opioid prescriptions in the state but haven’t been named as defendants in litigation over the narcotics, the judge overseeing federal multidistrict opioid litigation has ruled. -
Pharmacies facing lawsuits want Ohio's list of opioid prescriptions to defend themselves
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Pharmacies defending themselves against claims they filled excessive numbers of opioid prescriptions have asked the judge overseeing federal multidistrict litigation to again order the state of Ohio to turn over data showing the specific physicians and pharmacies that supplied narcotics into the state. -
Sixth Circuit, for now, puts stop to order forcing release of patient records in massive opioid litigation
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has temporarily halted a federal judge’s order requiring the largest U.S. pharmacy chains to turn over more than a decade’s worth of nationwide prescription records, although the court refused to halt production of prescriptions for the state of Ohio. -
ACLU concerned opioid judge is risking patients' privacy with recent order
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – The ACLU is telling a federal appeals court that the judge overseeing thousands of opioid cases created a serious privacy issue when he ordered pharmacies to turn over 13 years’ worth of patient records. -
Pharmacies warn of possible massive data breach resulting from opioid judge's order
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - The nation’s largest pharmacy chains have asked a federal appeals court to block an order requiring them to turn over more than a decade of nationwide prescription data, saying it could compromise the privacy rights of millions of consumers. -
Pharmacies feel opioid judge is meeting with plaintiffs lawyers behind their backs
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Pharmacy companies facing thousands of lawsuits over allegedly improper opioid prescriptions failed to convince the federal judge to prohibit out-of-court discussions with plaintiff lawyers that some defendants believe have affected them unfairly.