Coverage: New York sues the family behind OxyContin, distributors
New York is suing the billionaire family behind the company that created OxyContin, joining a growing list of state and local governments seeking to hold not only the firm but its owners accountable for the nation’s opioid crisis. Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz of the Associated Press had the news: The state, which averages nine opioid-related […]
Coverage: Purdue Pharma reaches $270M opioid settlement
Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, the Sackler family, agreed to pay $270 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma’s attorney general, the majority of which will fund a national opioid addiction center, its first attempt at settling one of the lawsuits around its OxyContin drug. Sara Randazzo of The Wall Street Journal had the […]
Bloomberg Law hires Wheeler to cover health care/ERISA
Lydia Wheeler, a reporter at The Hill, has been hired by Bloomberg as a senior legal reporter. Wheeler will start on April 1 and will join the health and benefits team covering legal developments in health care and ERISA litigation. She has been a legal and regulatory affairs reporter at The Hill since January 2018. Before […]
ICIJ/NBC News/AP wins Scripps Howard business and financial reporting award
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the NBC News Investigative Unit, the Associated Press and more than 50 media partners have won the business and financial reporting category of the 2018 Scripps Howard Awards. Their series “Implant Files” was an investigation into the medical devices and implants industry and its related injuries and deaths. The […]
Politico hires education reporter, taps editor for pharma coverage
Marty Kady, the editor of Politico Pro, sent out the following staff announcement: Good afternoon everyone! We have two exciting staff announcements for Pro. First, former USA Today reporter Nicole Gaudiano will join our education team, covering K-12 policy, reporting to Jane Norman. Nicole spent the last 13 years covering Congress and politics for the […]
Biz reporter leaves Charlotte Observer for Honeywell
Cassie Cope, a business reporter for the Charlotte Observer, has left the paper to work in communications for Honeywell. Her last day at the Observer was Feb. 15. She starts at Honeywell on March 4. Honeywell is relocating its headquarters to Charlotte and Cope’s title will be senior brand journalist, writing articles for Honeywell.com. Cope […]
Charlotte Observer seeks biz reporter to cover health care and aviation
The aviation/health care beat on the business team is a critical, high-profile one for The Charlotte Observer. It requires both a daily presence as well as enterprise work to help our community understand and make sense of two crucial areas of the city that touch nearly everyone. The beat needs to connect with readers on multiple […]
Industry Dive acquires InsightCity for undisclosed amount
Industry Dive announced Tuesday the acquisition of InsightCity, which covers life science and health care industries, for an undisclosed amount. Robin Re of Industry Dive writes, “Since its launch three years ago, InsightCity has been on a mission to take the most important health industry news stories each week, summarize them in context within a weekly newsletter, […]
Raleigh biz reporter leaves paper for WSJ Pro AI
John Murawski, who covered health and the business of wellness for The (Raleigh) News & Observer has left the paper. His last day was Thursday. The News & Observer is part of the McClatchy chain that has accepted buyout offers from more than 200 staffers across the country. On Monday, Murawski will start covering artificial intelligence for […]
STAT hires Chakradhar to write Morning Rounds newsletter
STAT News executive editor Rick Berke sent out the following announcement to the staff: Everyone: Sept. 28, 2015, is an important date in the history of STAT. Early on that Monday, more than a month before our site itself had launched, 2,131 people woke up to Megan’s smiling (blue-tinted) mug and this cheerful greeting: Good morning and […]
