Opioid Crisis In Court: Sackler Family Made Billions Off OxyContin; Sales Rep Says Insys Used Speaker Gigs As Bribes; Nationwide Lawsuit Heats Up In Ohio

With the opioid epidemic in full swing, many have turned to the courts to demand drug companies be held responsible for their alleged role in the crisis. In the high-profile lawsuits unfolding: Unredacted documents provide more details about the powerful Sackler family behind the painkiller OxyContin; testimony continues in the trial of Insys founder and four other executives who face federal charges of bribing doctors to prescribe their fentanyl spray; and the judge presiding over a massive lawsuit in Ohio wanted the cases settled out of court, but that no longer looks like a possibility.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2BcSZp7