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Lawsuits in US claim company profited from country’s opioid epidemic

That’s Maths: Influential Hungarian took up position in Dias in 1954

Pharmaceutical giant reportedly agrees deal to end inherited costly legal battle

Insys founder and executives devised scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe dangerous painkiller

Move comes after weeks of negotiations to try to reach a settlement over potentially extensive legal liabilities

About 400,000 people are thought to have died in US opioid epidemic

Big decisions for drug firms to make ahead of decisive Ohio trial of almost 2,000 actions

Maker of Oxycontin accused of fuelling US opioid epidemic

Fine substantially less than investors expected, driving up J&J’s shares

Heroin is the most common illicit opioid, while prescription drugs have caused a widely publicised health crisis in the US

Planet Business: Awkward conversations continue in Paris

The Twin Prime Conjecture remains unproven. The quest to close the gap is ongoing

The biggest drug problem in the US is not heroin or crystal meth, but painkillers

From entering first year to life beyond, four succesful graduates tell their stories of third-level education

Policymakers warned of threat after opiate addiction kills more than half a million in US

Philosophy and sociology helped former Christian Brother to the top of tech tree in US