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Jun. 30, 2023

McKinsey seeks to dismiss claims over work with Purdue

Mark D. McPherson said that plaintiffs have not made any allegations in their complaint that the company ever gave advice to Purdue about prescribing opioids to pregnant women and maintained that McKinsey had no communications with consumers.

McKinsey & Co. asked a judge Friday to dismiss claims it is liable for the injury babies suffered from neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) because it allegedly advised Purdue Pharma L.P. on how to market and oversupply opioids, knowingly contributing to the current addiction epidemic.

The plaintiffs are babies that experienced withdrawal symptoms after no longer intaking opioids via their pregnant mother and they are represented by Ant...

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