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Jentry Jones Hired as Senior VP at Generations Bank (Movers & Shakers)
Jones has been hired as senior vice president, senior business development officer at Generations Bank of Rogers. read more >
Local Governments Struggle to Distribute Their Share of Billions From Opioid Settlements
In Arkansas, all the towns and counties pooled their money by creating the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership. read more >
Children’s Medicine Shortage Hits as Flu Season Starts Fast
Doctors and other experts say the problem could persist through the winter cold-and-flu season but should not last as long as other recent shortages of baby formula or prescription drugs. read more >
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West Virginia Announces $147M Opioid Settlement With Walmart, CVS
The pharmacies were accused of contributing to the oversupply of prescription opioids in the state. read more >
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SupplyPike Raises Money To Hire 60, Expand Work
The Fayetteville-based company helps major retail brands automate identifying the source of fines the companies impose on suppliers. read more >
Drugmakers Settle Landmark Opioid Case for $26B; Arkansas’ Share is $216M
The money from Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson will begin flowing to communities in April. read more >
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Pfizer Asks FDA to Approve COVID-19 Booster Shots for All Adults
The drug maker is submitting early results of a booster study in 10,000 people to make its case. read more >
Arkansas to Get $5M in Opioid Settlement with McKinsey & Co.
Arkansas will receive $5.4 million from the multi-state settlement between attorneys general from 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories and McKinsey & Co. one of the world's biggest consulting firms. read more >
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Follow The Money (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
Following the money explains the opioid crisis and explains why it has been allowed to continue. read more >
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Arkansas Sues Drugmakers It Blames for Deadly Opioid Crisis
Arkansas officials filed a lawsuit against three drug manufacturers Thursday, claiming overzealous and deceptive marketing contributed to an increase in opioid abuse that fueled a spike in overdose deaths. read more >
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Business Leaders Quit Trump Panel; He Hits Back Hard
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ripped into the four business leaders who resigned from his White House jobs panel — the latest sign that corporate America's romance with Trump is faltering — after his equivocal response to violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia. read more >
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Dustin McDaniel Asks Supreme Court to Reconsider Risperdal Ruling
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to reconsider its decision tossing out a $1.2 billion judgment against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, saying justices did "significant harm" to the state and broke from 170 years of precedent. read more >
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Arkansas Supreme Court Tosses $1.2B Judgment In Risperdal Case Against Johnson & Johnson
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a $1.2 billion judgment against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit challenging the drugmaker's marketing of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. read more >
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In Arkansas, Drug Firms Argue Against $1.2B Judgment
A lawyer for two pharmaceutical companies argued Thursday that the Arkansas Supreme Court should reverse a $1.2 billion judgment because the trial judge improperly applied a law in the state's lawsuit over improper marketing of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. read more >
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