NY files lawsuit against opioid distributors and manufacturers

Abstract

Last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a comprehensive lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors and the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma. The lawsuit alleges that false and deceptive marketing and failing to prevent diversion have resulted in an opioid epidemic and opioid overdose deaths. The lawsuit charges six national prescription opioid manufacturers, the Sackler family and four national prescription drug distributors as being responsible. And unlike other lawsuits against opioid pharmaceutical companies across the country, the New York lawsuit provides extensive facts.