Opioids: MDL No 2804

Introduction

Opioids: MDL No 2804; in Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation) created on December 5, 2017, to be presided to U.S. District Judge Dan A. Polster, in the Northern District of Ohio. More than 200 separate lawsuits relating to the manufacturing, marketing, distribution and related sales practices of prescription opioid drugs by “Big Pharma” drug makers and distributors are centralized under this litigation.

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Opioids: MDL No 2804