Washington State Sues OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma
Ferguson
The lawsuit by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson accused Purdue of deceptive marketing of OxyContin and convincing doctors and the public that its drugs had a low-risk of addiction and were effective for treating chronic pain.
"I don't know how executives at Purdue sleep at night " Ferguson told reporters.
In filing his lawsuit in King County Superior Court in Seattle on Thursday   Ferguson  said he was breaking off from an ongoing multi-state probe by various attorneys general into companies that manufacture and distribute opioids.
While  Ferguson  said looked forward to seeing its results  "we felt we had a case ready to go."
[TGT] accused Purdue of deceptive marketing of OxyContin and convincing doctors and the public that its drugs had a low-risk of addiction and were effective for treating chronic pain.
"I don't know how executives at Purdue sleep at night " [TGT] told reporters.
In filing [TGT] in King County Superior Court in Seattle on Thursday   [TGT]said [TGT] was breaking off from an ongoing multi-state probe by various attorneys general into companies that manufacture and distribute opioids.
While  [TGT]said looked forward to seeing its results  "we felt we had a case ready to go."