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World Business Report: First broadcast 01/02/2022 22:32 GMT : US pharma giants to pay Native Americans $590 million over opioids

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First broadcast 01/02/2022 22:32 GMT : US pharma giants to pay Native Americans $590 million over opioids

US pharma giants to pay Native Americans $590 million over opioids

BBC World Service - World Business Report, US pharma giants to pay Native Americans $590 million over opioids

More than 400 tribes sued the companies, claiming they were inundated with opioids.

America's three biggest pharmaceutical distributors and Johnson & Johnson have been ordered to pay up to $665 million to native American tribal communities devastated by the opioid crisis. More than 400 tribes sued the companies, claiming they were inundated with highly addictive painkillers manufactured by J&J and shipped by the distributors who ignored clear signs of abuse and death. We hear from Lloyd Miller, one of the lead attorneys representing a third of the litigating tribes.

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