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Chicago Probing Opioid Marketing, Considering Potential Legal Action

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Andrew Findley

News Inferno; November 15, 2013

Lawyers for the city of Chicago are looking into marketing claims made by the makers of some narcotic painkillers in advance of a potential lawsuit against the drug makers.

The probe concerns if the drug maker overstated the medications’ benefits while downplaying risks, including that patients could become addicted to the drugs known as opioids, a court filing indicates, according to The New York Times.

To read the complete article, please click here: http://www.newsinferno.com/chicago-probing-opioid-marketing-considering-potential-legal-action/

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