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Defense wins just don't get much bigger.

Lawyers for Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Teva, Allergan and Endo this week were able to fend off public nuisance claims stemming from the opioid crisis brought by three large California counties and the city of Oakland. The plaintiffs claimed drug makers marketed and promoted painkillers in misleading ways leading to medically inappropriate prescriptions, drug abuse and overdoses.