New Hampshire to get $40.5M in opioids case settlement
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Drugmaker Johnson Johnson has agreed to pay $40.5 million in a settlement with New Hampshire over its role in the opioid addiction crisis, days before the case was scheduled for trial, the state attorney general’s office said Thursday. The state filed a lawsuit against Johnson Johnson and a subsidiary in 2018, alleging that they aggressively marketed their opioids to prescribers and patients in New Hampshire and misrepresented that their opioids were safer than other alternatives. The lawsuit also alleged that Johnson Johnson made misleading statements about opioids
New Hampshire to get $40.5M in opioids case settlement
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Drugmaker Johnson Johnson has agreed to pay $40.5 million in a settlement with New Hampshire over its role in the opioid addiction crisis, days before the case was scheduled for trial, the state attorney general’s office said Thursday. The state filed a lawsuit against Johnson Johnson and a subsidiary in 2018, alleging that they aggressively marketed their opioids to prescribers and patients in New Hampshire and misrepresented that their opioids were safer than other alternatives. The lawsuit also alleged that Johnson Johnson made misleading statements about opioids