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Under a court reorganization plan, Sackler family members who controlled the Oxycontin maker were granted immunity and did not have to declare personal bankruptcy in exchange for a $6bn settlement, paid out over 10 years, to a fund created to offset costs created by the opioid dependency crisis that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
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The Sacklers said earlier they would exit the settlement deal if they were not granted immunity, and the judge in the bankruptcy court that accepted the deal – Robert Drain – said he did not want to jeopardise what was on offer by seeking further changes.
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s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. s independent scientific body on immunization. With so much happening, it can be difficult to know what’s truly concerning and what changes are probably fine — or even worthwhile. The firing of the A.C.I.P. members: The ousting of all 17 members is a warning of what might be coming.
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A 5-year-old generally healthy fully immunized boy presented to the ED with worsening left ear redness, swelling, and tenderness that his family noticed the day before presentation. 2019 Aug;276(8):2199-2203. Epub 2019 May 11. His family had also recently noticed an abrasion over that ear. Klug TE, Holm N, Greve T, Ovesen T.
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