La firma de consultoría McKinsey & Company ha acordado pagar 650 millones de dólares para resolver una investigación federal sobre su trabajo para ayudar al fabricante de opioides Purdue Pharma a impulsar las ventas del medicamento altamente adictivo OxyContin, según documentos judiciales presentados en Virginia el viernes.
La firma de consultoría McKinsey & Company ha acordado pagar 650 millones de dólares para resolver una investigación federal sobre su trabajo para ayudar al fabricante de opioides Purdue Pharma a impulsar las ventas del medicamento altamente adictivo OxyContin, según documentos judiciales presentados en Virginia el viernes.
Eso resultó en recetas que “no eran para una indicación médicamente aceptada sino que eran inseguras, ineficaces y médicamente innecesarias y a menudo eran desviadas para usos que carecían de un propósito médico legítimo”, dijo la presentación. “Esto no era hipotético”, dijo Christopher Kavanaugh, fiscal federal para el Distrito Oeste de Virginia, en una conferencia de prensa en Boston el viernes. “Esto no era solo marketing. Era una estrategia.
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