(August 24, 2016, 1:19 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — Faced with a judicially imposed deadline, Medicare has given final approval to a medical lien global settlement agreement for fungal meningitis settlement claims and plaintiffs’ lead counsel in a Massachusetts multidistrict litigation on Aug. 23 submitted the agreement to the court for approval (In Re: New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2419, No. 13-md-2419, D. Mass.).

(Report available. Document #28-160908-004X.)

During an Aug. 17 hearing, Judge Rya Zobel of the U.S. District Court for the District Court of Massachusetts...