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Coronavirus prompts Canada to roll out safe drugs for street users
By Tessa Vikander VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada's Pacific province of British Columbia was already battling an opioid epidemic when the new coronavirus hit, compounding the threat to drug users, many o...
Syndicated Content Apr 16, 2020
Canada's prescription drugs plan likely won't impact budget, minister says
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Liberal government on Thursday introduced broad outlines of a national scheme to cover the cost of prescription drugs and said it will not mean a lot of extra spending in t...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2024
LA police probe how 'Friends' star Matthew Perry obtained lethal ketamine dose
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles homicide detectives and federal agents are investigating how "Friends" star Matthew Perry obtained the high dose of the powerful prescript...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2024
US FDA declines to approve Orexo's opioid overdose drug
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declined to approve Orexo AB's high-dose prescription drug for opioid overdose, the company said on Tuesday. The health regulator, in a so-ca...
Thomson Reuters Jul 16, 2024
Former casino employee sentenced for trading gamblers rewards for drugs
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dave Kolpack, AP) – The former marketing director for a casino on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Dakotas has been sentenced for a scheme to give club rewards to g...
localnews@mwcradio.com Nov 23, 2019
Biden cap on drug costs will save US seniors over $1,000 a year, study finds
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 1 million people in the U.S. will save over $1,000 a year beginning in 2025, when an annual $2,000 cap on prescription drug out-of-pocket costs kic...
Thomson Reuters Aug 28, 2024
Walgreens agrees to pay $106.8 million to settle US charges over prescription billing
(Reuters) - Walgreens Boots Alliance agreed to pay $106.8 million to settle charges it billed the U.S. government for prescriptions that were never dispensed, the Department of Justice said on Friday....
Thomson Reuters Sep 13, 2024
CVS, Nuro to test driverless prescription delivery in Houston area
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CVS Health Corp and unmanned vehicle delivery Nuro in June will start testing a service that drops prescriptions and other essentials free of charge to some c...
Syndicated Content May 28, 2020
Doctor's opioid prescription conviction tossed after U.S. Supreme Court ruling
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of a doctor accused of unlawfully prescribing addictive opioid...
Syndicated Content Feb 03, 2023
Minnesota Senate passes budget bill, includes Prescription Drug Affordability Board
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Democrat-controlled Minnesota Senate, on a nearly-party-line vote, approved a commerce budget bill for next two years, which inc...
Ryan Janke Apr 15, 2023