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OxyContin maker stops promoting opioids
Feb. 11, 2018 7:37 AM ET|By: Yoel Minkoff, SA News Editor
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is stopping to promote the drug and other opioids to doctors amid a series of state and municipal lawsuits that blame the company for contributing to the opioid epidemic.
It will also cut its U.S. sales force by more than 50%, to about 200 people, while remaining representatives "will no longer be visiting offices to engage in discussions about opioid products."
According to the CDC, opioids were involved in more than 42,000 overdose deaths in 2016.
Dit kan een extra katalysator zijn voor medical cannabis ! (Emblem?)