Oklahoma's attorney-general says J&J, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and Teva, carried out marketing campaigns that downplayed opioids’ addictive risks and overstated their benefits
Boston, US — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson is set to face trial in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma aimed at pinning the blame for the opioid epidemic on its painkiller marketing.
Oklahoma attorney-general Mike Hunter alleges J&J, along with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, carried out deceptive marketing campaigns that downplayed opioids’ addictive risks while overstating their benefits. Oklahoma resolved its claims against Purdue in March for $270m and against Teva on Sunday for $85m, leaving only J&J as a defendant in the nonjury trial before Cleveland county district judge Thad Balkman.
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