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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 23, 2024

The McKinsey Opioid Consultants Who Got Away
https://www.levernews.com/the-mckinsey-opioid-consultants-who-got-away
https://jacobin.com/2024/12/biden-doj-mckinsey-opioid-epidemic

* Biden admin's sweetheart deal to McKinsey & Co
* new policy goes even softer on corporate crime
* let consulting giant off hook for helping turbocharge disastrous OxyContin sales

#McKinseyCompany #McKinsey #PurduePharma #corruption #OpioidEpidemic #opioids #OxyContin #addiction #CorporateCorruption #CorporateCrime #CorporatePredation #MedicalIndustrialComplex #corporations #billionaires #WealthTax

The McKinsey Opioid Consultants Who Got Away

The Biden administration just delivered a sweetheart deal to its friends at McKinsey, letting the consulting giant off the hook for helping to “turbocharge” disastrous OxyContin sales.

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 13, 2024

McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650M for helping Purdue Pharma boost opioid sales
https://apnews.com/article/mckinsey-justice-department-criminal-penalty-opioids-crisis-d47d1bc1c4e14288927c2aea2369b789

Comment: malfeasance discuss.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42413086

* helped opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma boost sales of highly addictive drug OxyContin
* McKinsey “deeply sorry” for its work for Purdue Pharma 🤔 🤬 💰️

#McKinseyCompany #McKinsey #PurduePharma #corruption #OpioidEpidemic #opioids #OxyContin #addiction #CorporateCorruption #CorporatePredation #MedicalIndustrialComplex #corporations

McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650M for helping Purdue Pharma boost opioid sales

McKinsey & Company consulting firm has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work for opioids manufacturer Purdue Pharma, according to court papers filed in Virginia. McKinsey has also entered into a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve criminal charges, including that it conspired with Purdue Pharma to aid in the misbranding of prescription drugs. A former McKinsey senior partner has also agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice charges, according to the court papers. McKinsey said in a statement on Friday that it’s “deeply sorry” for its work for Purdue Pharma.

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