An amended lawsuit filed by the Connecticut attorney general alleges that the owners of pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma downplayed the addictive nature of opioids to doctors while pressuring sales reps
An amended lawsuit filed by the Connecticut attorney general alleges that the owners of pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma illegally shuffled hundreds of millions of dollars to other Sackler family-owned properties and downplayed the addictive nature of opioids to doctors while pressuring sales reps.
The initial lawsuit, alleging violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act by individuals and Purdue, was filed in December. In the amended suit, filed April 22 in Hartford Superior Court, Purdue Pharma faces a new fifth charge: fraudulent transfer.Purdue Pharma to pay $270 million to settle historic Oklahoma opioid lawsuit Five additional companies controlled by the Sackler family are also listed in this version of the lawsuit: Purdue Holdings L.P., PLP Associates Holdings L.P.
"These false allegations distract from the important work of finding solutions to a complex public health crisis by placing blame where it does not belong. Government data consistently makes clear that our nation's opioid crisis is growing rapidly because of illicit fentanyl and heroin smuggled in from China and Mexico," said Clio Boele, spokeswoman for the Sackler family members named in the Connecticut lawsuit.
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