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Johnson & Johnson fined $572m for fuelling opioid crisis
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $572m for running a “false and dangerous” campaign that fuelled Oklahoma’s opioid crisis.
According to the landmark ruling, Johnson & Johnson is responsible for helping to create the worst drug epidemic in US history, which has resulted in the death of 6,000 people in Oklahoma since 2000.
The judge ruled the company aggressively pushed false claims
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