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Johnson & Johnson boosted opioid sales via 'cynical brainwashing', court hears

  • Drug giant accused of deceptive marketing conspiracy
  • Civil suit says J&J was ‘kingpin’ of public health emergency

Johnson & Johnson, the drug giant best known for its baby products, has been accused of “a cynical, deceitful multimillion-dollar brainwashing campaign” to drive up sales of its powerful painkillers at the opening of the first trial of a pharmaceutical giant over the US opioid epidemic.

Oklahoma’s attorney general, Mike Hunter, told the civil trial, which opened on Tuesday, that Johnson & Johnson played a leading role in “the worst manmade health crisis in the history of the country and the state”.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2QuGqfl