In the first day of the high-profile opioid trial, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter confronted what many legal experts have predicted will be the highest hurdle in the case: connecting one manufacturer of opioids to the cascading harms wrought by the entire industry. Johnson & Johnson fought back, though, arguing that the state itself looked the other way as its own drug review board and prescription monitoring program for years neglected to swoop down on sources of diverted opioids.
from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2VXZN16
May 29, 2019
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