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West Virginia joins federal lawsuit claiming price conspiracy among generic drug makers

By Chris Dickerson | Monday, May 13, 2019 @ 12:30pm

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – West Virginia and 43 other states have filed an antitrust lawsuit claiming some of the nation’s largest generic drug companies conspired to inflate and manipulate prices, cut competition and restrain trade for more than 100 different drugs.
Hospitals sue opioid manufacturers, distributors to recoup costs of opioid epidemic

By Kyla Asbury | Tuesday, Apr 30, 2019 @ 8:13pm

MOUNDSVILLE — Thirty-seven hospitals in West Virginia and Kentucky are suing opioid manufacturers and distributors they claim caused the crisis in the area.
Ky. woman blames opioid companies, medical providers for son's O.D. death

By Chris Dickerson | Thursday, May 31, 2018 @ 1:41pm

CHARLESTON – A Kentucky woman blames nine drug companies as well as a host of doctors, medical facilities and pharmacies for her son’s opioid overdose.