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U.S. Dept.of Justice Nabbed Biggest Opioid Settlement In U.S. History From Suboxone® Peddler Reckitt -Benckiser

DOJ Charges Suboxone® Maker Reckitt-Benckiser “knowingly promoting the sale, use of Suboxone® — diverted for uses that lacked a legitimate medical purpose”

The Justice Department immediately released a press statement on their website Tuesday morning, July 16, 2019 that is shocking, frankly.

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Justice Department Obtains $1.4 Billion from Reckitt Benckiser Group in Largest Recovery in a Case…

Astounding in several regards.

Currently, there is an “opioid lawsuit” playing out in Oklahoma against Purdue Pharmaceuticals. They are also dragging Johnson & Johnson into the fray.

However, the Department of Justice has gotten their guy.

Reckitt Benckiser, maker of Suboxone® (the wonder drug manufactured in the early…