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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jun. 7, 2021

4 pharma companies say state has not made its case in Orange County trial

After the state’s seven-week case in chief, four pharmaceutical companies including Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., the makers of the opioid painkiller Opana, asked Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson to rule in their favor. If he does, the companies could forgo making a case at trial.

4 pharma companies say state has not made its case in Orange County trial
Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson

The state failed to show that opioid makers knew their marketing would lead to an opioid epidemic, the drug companies' attorneys argued in motions for judgment in a $50 billion bench trial in Orange County

After the state's seven-week case in chief, four pharmaceutical companies including Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., the makers of the opioid painkiller Opana, asked Orange County Superior Court Judge $95

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