A historic trial kicks off today: It will be the first major test in the US of whether a state can make a pharmaceutical company pay for the opioid epidemic
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter on Tuesday will kick off a historic trial that will be the first major test in the nation of whether a state can make a pharmaceutical company pay for the opioid epidemic. The trial is expected to lay a road map for other states and municipalities in holding drugmakers accountable.
"We're very confident in what we believe will be a successful trial," Hunter told the nonprofit Bipartisan Policy Center earlier this month."Sometimes businesses do bad things -- and this is one of those instances." Hunter and his team have focused their efforts on Johnson & Johnson, alleging the company acted as a drug"kingpin," created a public nuisance and cost the state billions of dollars, destroying thousands of lives in the process.
Hunter said the public deserves to know whether the company deliberately targeted children, the elderly and veterans for opioid painkillers, and whether it blocked legislation and regulatory action aimed at limiting opioid availability. In its statement, Johnson & Johson said the company"did not market opioids to children, and the State's suggestion to the contrary is false and reckless.
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