Opioid Scandal Haunts Drug Companies As They Respond To Pandemic

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As drug firms race to position themselves as key players in the coronavirus fight, many of them face a renewed wave of lawsuits tied to their decades-long manufacture and sale of prescription opioids.

The highly addictive medications have contributed to the overdose deaths of more than 230,000 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Nevertheless, Haffajee said,"the goal is not necessarily to put these pharmacies, these manufacturers and these distributors out of business altogether."Companies look to pivot away from opioid scandal Just last year, Oklahoma's attorney general described Johnson & Johnson as a"drug kingpin" for its role pushing medical opioids. A state judge in that case ruled the company must pay $465 million in damages.In a separate case, the company also agreed to pay two Ohio counties $20.4 million to settle opioid claims.

At the end of July, the Justice Department filed civil and criminal claims against Purdue Pharma, makers of Oxycontin, worth more than $13 billion,a federal judge in Ohio ruled

 

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Couldn’t happened to a nicer pack of crooks.

Look up charts on big pharma money under Obama.

Hydroxychloroquine is cheaper, safer, and more effective than the new vaccines.

Fine them all big time and make them stop manufacturing the deadly shit or be run out of business for good!

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