A jury has held Teva Pharmaceuticals responsible for contributing to the opioid crisis by delivering a verdict in a sweeping lawsuit filed by New York state.
NEW YORK — Drugmaker Teva Pharmaceuticals is responsible for contributing to the opioid crisis, a suburban New York jury ruled Thursday in one of few verdicts so far among thousands of lawsuits nationwide over the painkillers.against drug companies.In Thursday’s verdict, a Suffolk County jury found the drug company played a role in what is legally termedbut had lethal consequences — an opioid use epidemic linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. in the past two decades.
Teva, which makes medications using the powerful opioid fentanyl that are approved for some cancer patients, said it “strongly disagrees” with the verdict and plans to appeal.
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