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Opioid Overkill: McKinsey Under Probe For Maximizing Sale Of Drugs
26 Apr 2024 10:05 GMT
… form of painkillers and other drugs. Turbocharging A Crisis
This is … to OxyContin, a drug manufactured by controversial American pharma company Purdue. According to … gripped the US, McKinsey asked Purdue to "turbocharge" the …
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Why the drug reform movement looks like it’s failing
25 Apr 2024 19:43 GMT
… settlement funds from the Purdue Pharma case for harm reduction … acknowledge the emerging narrative that drug policy reform has failed. … racial disparities in policing drugs and made it clear … impoverished epicenter of public drug use and the associated …
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McKinsey advised drug companies on how to 'turbocharge' opioid sales. Now it's under criminal investigation.
25 Apr 2024 04:54 GMT
Premier consultancy McKinsey & Company is under investigation by the US Department of Justice for its past work advising opioid manufacturers on how to juice sales, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.The probe is also investigating whether …
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Why fentanyl, reportedly the biggest killer of Americans aged 18-49, figured in Antony Blinken’s China visit
28 Apr 2024 08:06 GMT
… opioid precursors”, specifically the drug fentanyl, during the visit … .
According to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), … increasingly cut into other drugs, often without the buyers … swing. US pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue Pharma have been …
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Analysis identifies 50 new genomic regions associated with kidney cancer risk
26 Apr 2024 13:47 GMT
Researchers have identified 50 new regions across the genome that are associated with the risk of developing kidney cancer.
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What
In a new analysis of genetic susceptibility to kidney cancer, an international team of …
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Is Dopesick based on a true story?
26 Apr 2024 14:59 GMT
… the now-bankrupt company Purdue Pharma mislabelled the powerful … Sackler family – owners of Purdue Pharma – who appear in … investigation into Oxycontin and Purdue Pharma, fighting for justice … nature of the drug, with Purdue Pharma later admitting it …
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Dopesick release date: How to watch Will Poulter series in the UK
26 Apr 2024 10:20 GMT
… Will Poulter is a Purdue Pharma sales rep named Billy … (Boardwalk Empire) as reclusive Purdue Pharma CEO Richard Sackler.
In summary … Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America.
… company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. …
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Our Dream Farm with Matt Baker, Michael Palin in Nigeria and Jamie Oliver Cooks Spring: TV highlights this week
26 Apr 2024 09:10 GMT
… the company Sacklers, who own Purdue Pharma, in the crisis.
Poulter plays … , BBC One, 8pm)
Gangland murders, drugs, mysterious deaths… They’re all … first involves the death of drug kingpin Grace McFadden’s notorious …
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Why did the CRA come after a Montreal tenant for thousands in taxes? Take our business and investing news quiz
26 Apr 2024 09:22 GMT
… work advising OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and other drug makers. McKinsey has already …
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Justice Department is investigating McKinsey consulting firm’s role in opioid epidemic
25 Apr 2024 20:10 GMT
… , over its role in advising drug companies on how to boost … gave to pharmaceutical companies about selling the highly addictive prescription drugs, sources … to help opioid manufacturers like Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson and Endo …