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Opioids timeline

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2012

  1. Agency noticeU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA announces enforcement plans for unapproved immediate-release oxycodone

2013

  1. Agency noticeU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA proposes guidance on evaluating and labeling abuse-deterrent opioids

2014

  1. Proposed ruleDrug Enforcement Administration

    DEA proposes tighter controls on hydrocodone combination drugs

  2. Agency noticeU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA seeks input on packaging, storage and disposal of opioid painkillers

2015

  1. Agency noticeU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA issues guidance on evaluating and labeling abuse-deterrent opioids

2017

  1. Agency noticeU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA proposes changes to prescriber education for long-acting opioids

  2. Agency noticeU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA opens a public docket on opioid policy

  3. Agency noticeU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA withdraws approval of a sustained-release Roxicodone application

2019

  1. Agency noticeU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA opens a docket on fixed-quantity packaging for immediate-release opioids

  2. Agency noticeU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA publishes draft guidance on assessing opioid benefits and risks

  3. Court orderNorthern District of Ohio

    Court rejects an attempt to exclude expert testimony on opioid abatement costs

  4. Court orderNorthern District of Ohio

    Judge rules on Mallinckrodt’s request for partial summary judgment

2020

  1. Court orderNorthern District of Ohio

    Ohio counties’ amended opioid complaints survive a pharmacy dismissal motion

  2. Government enforcementU.S. Department of Justice

    Purdue Pharma pleads guilty in federal court

2021

  1. Court orderNorthern District of Ohio

    Court rejects Publix’s dismissal request in a Georgia county opioid case

2022

  1. Court orderNorthern District of Ohio

    Judge rejects pharmacies’ request for an immediate appeal

  2. Settlement announcementCalifornia Attorney General

    Distributors and Johnson & Johnson commit to a $26 billion opioid agreement

  3. Agency noticeU.S. Food and Drug Administration

    FDA opens a docket on mail-back options for unused prescription opioids

  4. Court orderNorthern District of California

    Judge rejects a jurisdictional challenge in the McKinsey opioid litigation

2023

  1. Court orderNorthern District of Ohio

    Court denies Virginia localities’ requests to return opioid cases to state court

  2. Court orderNorthern District of Ohio

    Court declines to pause the opioid pharmacy injunction during appeal

  3. Court orderNorthern District of Ohio

    Court grants partial judgment concerning duties under federal controlled substances law

  4. Court orderNorthern District of Ohio

    Judge rules on a challenge to an opioid expert’s opinions

  5. Court orderNorthern District of California

    Judge grants a motion to dismiss an opioid complaint involving neonatal abstinence syndrome

2024

  1. Court orderNorthern District of California

    Judge gives final approval to the local government opioid class settlement

  2. Court orderNorthern District of California

    Court gives preliminary approval to a third-party payer opioid settlement

  3. Court orderNorthern District of California

    Court partly grants McKinsey’s challenge to an amended opioid complaint

  4. Court rulingU.S. Supreme Court

    Supreme Court rejects third-party releases in Purdue’s bankruptcy plan

2025

  1. Court rulingNew York Attorney General

    Bankruptcy judge confirms a revised Purdue plan

2026

  1. Settlement announcementCalifornia Attorney General

    States report that the Purdue settlement has taken effect