Johnson & Johnson’s brand falters over its role in the opioid crisis
by from on (#4P507)
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A judge in Oklahoma has singled out Johnson & Johnson, ordering it to pay the state US$572 million and ruling that the company should be held responsible for decades of opioid addiction and the thousands of overdose deaths in the state.