Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody. Courtesy photo. 'Pharmacies Were Lied To.' Walgreens Cites Florida AG's Own Words in Opioid Trial
In an opening statement on Monday, Walgreens attorney Steven Derringer cited statements on the attorney general's office website in 2018 and 2019 that drug manufacturers, such as Purdue Pharma, misrepresented the risks of opioids to pharmacies. "We agree with the attorney general about this," he told jurors, according to a broadcast by Courtroom View Network.
April 11, 2022 at 04:21 PM
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Lawyers for Walgreen Co., the only defendant remaining in the state of Florida's opioid case, used the state attorney general's own words to make its case before jurors Monday.
In statements on the attorney general's office website in 2018 and 2019, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi said that drug manufacturers, such as Purdue Pharma, misrepresented the risks of opioids to doctors, governmental agencies, prescribers and, most critically, pharmacies, said Walgreens attorney Steven Derringer, a Chicago partner at Bartlit Beck.
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