A man suing Cephalon over claims its fentanyl lollipop was overly addictive and led to his son’s eventual methadone overdose will be allowed to subpoena federal prosecutors for documents related to a guilty plea the company entered over its marketing practices.
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Denis P. Cohen recently granted the plaintiff’s request to subpoena the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for discovery and investigative documents related to the prosecution of Cephalon for its marketing of the drug, Actiq, which is a lollipop containing the powerful opioid painkiller, fentanyl.
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