City and County of San Francisco et al v. Purdue Pharma L.P. et al

  1. June 13, 2022

    Judge Breyer Pitches Law Chat As SF Opioid Trial Nears End

    With a high-stakes bench trial winding down over San Francisco's claims that Teva, Allergan, Anda and Walgreens illegally fueled the city's opioid epidemic, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer judge indicated Monday he'd like to schedule a discussion exploring the law governing the case separate from the facts presented at trial.

  2. June 08, 2022

    Drug Industry Didn't Create Nation's Opioid Crisis, Judge Told

    An addiction specialist called by the defense in a bellwether trial over claims Teva, Allergan, Anda and Walgreens illegally fueled San Francisco's opioid epidemic testified Wednesday that American's drug abuse problems predate the increased use of prescription opioids and can be pinned on myriad social, cultural and mental health causes.

  3. June 07, 2022

    DEA Change In Opioid Policy Created Confusion, Judge Hears

    The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration created "confusion" internally and with prescription drug distributors when it began requiring new suspicious order monitoring systems as opioid use surged around 2006, a San Francisco judge heard Tuesday in recorded testimony played during a bellwether opioid bench trial.

  4. June 02, 2022

    Walgreens Exec Faces Tough Queries From SF Opioid Judge

    A Walgreens executive took the stand in a bellwether opioid bench trial shortly after the city and county of San Francisco rested their case-in-chief Thursday, defending the pharmacy chain's compliance efforts and answering tough questions from the California federal judge presiding over the bench trial.

  5. June 01, 2022

    SF Opioid Judge Told Higher Doses Increased Addiction

    Attorneys for the city of San Francisco sought to bolster their case Wednesday that Allergan, Teva, Walgreens and Anda illegally fueled the city's opioid epidemic by calling experts to testify that rising prescriptions and dosages allegedly pushed by the drug industry contributed to rising addiction rates.

  6. June 01, 2022

    SF Opioid Judge Irked At Allergan Argument Against Expert

    The federal judge presiding over a high-stakes bench trial on San Francisco's claim that Allergan, Teva and other entities fueled the city's opioid crisis expressed annoyance Tuesday at arguments from Allergan's counsel that an expert improperly lumped manufacturers together in concluding they drove loosened safety restrictions.

  7. May 26, 2022

    Teva And Cephalon's Marketing Ignored Plea Deal, Judge Told

    Teva and Cephalon improperly peddled their painkiller Fentora even after Cephalon reached a 2008 plea agreement to resolve criminal claims it marketed a different opioid for unapproved uses, San Francisco's lawyer told the federal judge overseeing a bench trial on claims the companies and others illegally fueled the city's opioid epidemic.

  8. May 25, 2022

    SF Opioid Judge Is Told Cos. Put Profits First In Marketing

    Allergan, Teva, Walgreens and Anda broke "defined rules of the road" in how they marketed opioids to boost sales, putting profits over patient safety, a pharmaceutical marketing expert testified Wednesday in a bellwether trial over claims that the four companies illegally fueled San Francisco's opioid epidemic.

  9. May 24, 2022

    Ex-Anda Chief OK'd Unlimited Opioid Supplies, Judge Hears

    The former head of drug distributor Anda Inc. allowed some corporate customers to order unlimited supplies of opioids, a federal judge heard on Tuesday in a bellwether trial over claims Anda, Walgreens and drugmakers Teva and Allergan illegally fueled San Francisco's opioid epidemic.

  10. May 23, 2022

    DEA Draws Judge's Ire In Calif. Opioid Trial

    The federal judge overseeing a high-stakes trial related to San Francisco's opioid crisis said testimony from an ex-Actavis executive Monday about the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reminded him of the agency's flawed handling of an opioid concern in another case, saying the government had "failed" in that matter.