Johnson & Johnson Counsel Tells Oklahoma Judge Company Didn’t Start Opioid Crisis

(May 29, 2019, 1:23 PM EDT) -- NORMAN, Okla. — An attorney for Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. on May 28 told an Oklahoma federal judge that the companies’ Duragesic pain patch and its former Nucynta opioid pill are regulated by the federal and Oklahoma governments and did not cause or contribute to the state’s opioid epidemic (Oklahoma, et al. v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et al., No. CJ-2017-816, Okla. Dist., Cleveland Co.).  VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....

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