- Litigation against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is intensifying as six more U.S. states - Nevada, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, North Dakota and Tennessee - announced lawsuits that accuse the company of fueling a national opioid epidemic.
- Florida also sued Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENDP), Allergan (NYSE:AGN), units of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Teva Pharmaceutical (NYSE:TEVA), and Mallinckrodt (NYSE:MNK), as well as AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC), Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) and McKesson (NYSE:MCK).