Seattle, state sue 'Big Pharma' over pain pill marketing
Source: Seattle PI
Attorneys for the city of Seattle and Washington state are going after pharmaceutical companies they say fueled the country's opioid epidemic by hiding the risk of addiction posed by popular pain pills.
In a Thursday press conference at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, City Attorney Pete Holmes and state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced two lawsuits against major drug companies.
Those named as defendants in the Seattle suit including Purdue Pharma, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, among several others. The state named only Purdue, the maker of OxyContin, as a defendant.
"Purdue has made billions of dollars by fueling Washington's opioid epidemic by knowingly deceiving doctors and the public about the risks of long-term opioid use," Ferguson said.
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