Erie County to sue pharmaceutical manufacturers over their part in opioid epidemic

Representatives of Erie County say 11 pharmaceutical manufacturers misled doctors and patients into believing that opioid painkillers were not addictive, so they are filing a lawsuit against the drug makers for contributing to the national and local opioid abuse epidemic. The lawsuit contends that the drug manufacturers aggressively marketed opioid pain relievers despite growing addiction rates, misrepresented the dangers of long-term opioid use to physicians and ignored that continued use of opioids… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

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