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An appeals court granted the Sacklers legal immunity. Here\’s what the sentence means.

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A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted members of the billion-dollar Sackler family a legal golden key they\’ve been seeking for nearly four years: The Sacklers will be protected from all civil opioid-related claims related to their company, Purdue Pharma, the maker of the prescription pain reliever OxyContin. In exchange, they agreed to make payments … Read more

Pfizer\’s Paxlovid is still free, for now, after the FDA granted full approval

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The Biden administration will continue to handle the distribution of free courses of Pfizer\’s Paxlovid treatment for COVID-19 for at least another few months, the drugmaker said, even after the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted Pfizer full approval for it. market the pills. \”At this time, the US government will continue to oversee … Read more