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Larry Krasner has been in office as Philadelphia District Attorney for a little over a month. He has initiated some important changes in that short time. His most recent moves are aimed at fixing some longstanding drug-related issues. Most importantly, he is suing several pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid crisis. As the Philadelphia District Attorney sues Big Pharma, momentum could be building to combat the epidemic.
Larry Krasner Is Suing Big Pharma
Krasner announced his decision to sue Big Pharma yesterday in a press release. In it, he said that he filed a lawsuit against 10 pharmaceutical companies on February 2. More specifically, those companies are:
- Purdue Pharma, L.P.
- Purdue Pharma, Inc.
- The Purdue Frederick Company, Inc.
- Allergan Finance, LLC
- Cephalon, Inc.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
- Endo Helath Solutions, Inc.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Johnson & Johnson
Krasner cited the Consumer Protection Law in his suit. That law allows either the Pennsylvania Attorney General or a Pennsylvania County District Attorney to sue companies on behalf of the state.
In particular, Krasner is suing to recoup some of the costs the City of Philadelphia has incurred dealing with opioid addictions and deaths. Additionally, the lawsuit claims that the companies being sued have been deceitful about the dangers of their products.
“The City of Philadelphia has been hurt, more than any other city in the nation, by the scourge of opioids,” Krasner said in the press release.
“The time to act is now, which is why I’ve taken this unprecedented action, in parallel