McKinsey Guided Companies at the center of the opioid crisis
Behind the scenes, McKinsey guided companies through the center of the opioid crisis
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Continue reading main articleBehind the scenes, McKinsey guided companies through the center of the opioid crisisThe consulting firm offered clients "an in-depth narcotics experience" from poppy fields to pills more potent than Purdue's OxyContin.
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By Chris Hamby and Michael Forsythe
Reporters pored through a trove of over 100,000 documents to investigate McKinsey's unknown work for manufacturers of opioids.
June 29, 2022In rural Appalachia and the Rust Belt, health officials were sounding the alarm that a powerful painkiller called Opana was become the drug of choice for people abusing prescription drugs.
< p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">It was twice as potent as OxyContin, the broad painkiller most blamed for starting the opioid crisis, and was relatively easy to dissolve and inject. By 2015, government investigations and scientific publications had linked its misuse to clusters of illnesses, including a rare and life-threatening blood disorder and H.I.V. infection. outbreak in Indiana.
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Continue reading main articleBehind the scenes, McKinsey guided companies through the center of the opioid crisisThe consulting firm offered clients "an in-depth narcotics experience" from poppy fields to pills more potent than Purdue's OxyContin.
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165By Chris Hamby and Michael Forsythe
Reporters pored through a trove of over 100,000 documents to investigate McKinsey's unknown work for manufacturers of opioids.
June 29, 2022In rural Appalachia and the Rust Belt, health officials were sounding the alarm that a powerful painkiller called Opana was become the drug of choice for people abusing prescription drugs.
< p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">It was twice as potent as OxyContin, the broad painkiller most blamed for starting the opioid crisis, and was relatively easy to dissolve and inject. By 2015, government investigations and scientific publications had linked its misuse to clusters of illnesses, including a rare and life-threatening blood disorder and H.I.V. infection. outbreak in Indiana.What's Your Reaction?
