McKinsey Settles for Nearly $600 Million Over Role in Opioid Crisis
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/business/mckinsey-opioids-settlement.html
The consulting firm has reached agreements with 49 states because of its sales advice to drugmakers, including Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin. McKinsey & Company, the consultant to blue-chip corporations and governments around the world, has agreed to pay nearly $600 million to settle investigations into its role in helping “turbocharge” opioid sales, a rare instance of it being held publicly accountable for its work with clients. The firm has reached a $573 million (...)
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