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BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China’s drug control agency said on Friday (November 3) there was not enough evidence to suggest that most of the fentanyl and other substances at the heart of the opioid crisis in the United States originated from China. Declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency last week, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would discuss as a “top priority” stopping what he described as a “flood of cheap and deadly […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump is poised to meet with top advisers and officially declare the opioid crisis in the United States a “national emergency,” he said on Wednesday. “We’re going to have a big meeting on opioids tomorrow,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We’re going to be doing an important meeting sometime in the very near future on opioids in terms of declaring a national emergency, which gives us power to do […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals was fined $35 million Tuesday for supplying and not reporting suspicious massive orders of its highly addictive oxycodone, helping to fuel the United States addiction crisis. The Justice Department said the company agreed to pay the amount to settle allegations that it did not meet obligations to report to the Drug Enforcement Administration suspect orders from pharmacies in Florida and elsewhere. Mallinckrodt, which manufactures drugs in […]
