/tags/mallinckrodt-pharmaceuticals Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:03:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-11-08/missouri-opioid-settlement-spending Drug companies already have sent $100 million to Missouri to settle lawsuits for their role in the opioid crisis. But the state could receive hundreds of millions more over the next two decades. Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:03:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-11-08/missouri-opioid-settlement-spending Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2023-07-12/records-reveal-75-years-of-government-downplaying-ignoring-risks-of-st-louis-radioactive-waste The Missouri Independent, MuckRock and The Associated Press spent months combing through thousands of pages of previously-unreleased government records that show radioactive waste was known to pose a threat to people living near Coldwater Creek as early as 1949. But federal officials repeatedly wrote potential risks off as ‘slight,’ ‘minimal’ or ‘low-level.’ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 13:10:33 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-07-12/records-reveal-75-years-of-government-downplaying-ignoring-risks-of-st-louis-radioactive-waste Allison Kite /health-science-environment/2020-10-12/st-louis-based-mallinckrodt-files-for-bankruptcy-to-pay-billions-to-settle-lawsuits St. Louis-based pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt on Monday filed for bankruptcy after years of lawsuits alleging the drug company shared blame for the opioid epidemic. State, local and tribal governments have sued Mallinckrodt and other opioid manufacturers, saying the companies pushed the painkillers to patients despite knowing how addictive and dangerous they were. Tue, 13 Oct 2020 01:19:35 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-10-12/st-louis-based-mallinckrodt-files-for-bankruptcy-to-pay-billions-to-settle-lawsuits Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2019-05-01/report-linking-cancers-to-radioactive-waste-near-coldwater-creek-confirmed-by-federal-agency A federal agency has confirmed that residents who lived and played near a north St. Louis County stream may face a higher risk of certain types of cancer… Wed, 01 May 2019 23:11:24 GMT /health-science-environment/2019-05-01/report-linking-cancers-to-radioactive-waste-near-coldwater-creek-confirmed-by-federal-agency Kae M. Petrin /health-science-environment/2019-03-01/cleanup-of-manhattan-project-site-in-downtown-st-louis-nears-completion The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is close to finishing its removal of World War II-era radioactive waste from the Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals plant in… Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:12:40 GMT /health-science-environment/2019-03-01/cleanup-of-manhattan-project-site-in-downtown-st-louis-nears-completion Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2016-10-20/prescription-drug-take-backs-scheduled-in-st-louis-area-for-saturday Police departments, recreation centers and a handful of grocery stores will accept and dispose of unused medications in the St. Louis region as part of a… Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:26:38 GMT /health-science-environment/2016-10-20/prescription-drug-take-backs-scheduled-in-st-louis-area-for-saturday