Health Care

20 States Sue Mylan, Teva, Others Over Drug Pricing

Connecticut and 19 other states filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Mylan NV, Teva Pharmaceuticals and four other generic drug makers saying they entered into illegal conspiracies that raised prices on two common generic drugs, the New York state attorney general's office said in a statement.

Drugmakers push profitable, but unproven, opioid solution

Pilloried for their role in the epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse, drugmakers are aggressively pushing their remedy to the problem: a new generation of harder-to-manipulate opioids that have racked up billions in sales, even though there's little proof they reduce rates of overdoses or deaths.

Federal prosecutors accuse execs of fixing drug prices

Federal prosecutors have charged two former pharmaceutical executives with fixing prices of generic drugs, part of an ongoing government investigation into anticompetitive tactics by companies that make lower-cost drugs intended to reduce medication costs.

Judge to finalize ConAgra plea in tainted peanut butter case

A federal judge is scheduled to consider an $11.2 million plea deal to settle a criminal case against ConAgra stemming from a salmonella outbreak linked to the company's Peter Pan peanut butter that sickened hundreds a decade ago.

Republican lawmaker floats Social Security overhaul

A key Republican lawmaker wants to overhaul the nation's Social Security program, proposing to gradually increase the retirement age and slow the growth of benefits for higher-income workers.