McKinsey Advised Johnson & Johnson on Increasing Opioid Sales

NYT ^ | 26 Jul 2019 | Walt Bogdanich

[oblomov]

At the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company, the rule is sacrosanct: Never publicly disclose client advice. And for the most part, adherence to that rule has served the company well.

But in recent months, as government officials seek to assign blame for the opioid crisis that has strangled large parts of the nation, McKinsey’s advice is surfacing in ways that are deeply embarrassing for the influential firm, whose clients include many of the world’s most admired companies. One lawsuit revealed McKinsey recommending that a pharmaceutical company “get more patients on higher doses of opioids” and study techniques “for keeping patients on opioids longer.”

And in a civil trial that wrapped up last week, Oklahoma joined two other states — Massachusetts and New Jersey — in showing that McKinsey offered advice to a drug company on how to increase opioid sales at a time when abuse of its pain medicine was widespread.

Although McKinsey is not a defendant, Oklahoma used McKinsey consulting records to help build its case against Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, for what the state said was irresponsible marketing of a fentanyl patch called Duragesic.

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SIGN UP The Oklahoma case differed from those in the other states because it focused on Johnson & Johnson, a company that had largely avoided the spotlight during the opioid epidemic. Before the trial, two other defendants, Purdue Pharma and the Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, settled with Oklahoma for $270 million and $85 million.

Johnson & Johnson chose not to settle, making it the first of hundreds of civil opioid cases across the nation to go to trial.

[oblomov]

Not a surprise that the consulting firm leading the way to a post-rational, neo-feudal order would be dispensing this advice.

Earlier:

McKinsey Advised Purdue Pharma How to ‘Turbocharge’ Opioid Sales, Lawsuit Says

[gaijin]

Meet the original billionaire inventer of Oxy, the SACKLER FAMILY..!

Now let's take look at opioid deaths in the USA over time:

Wow, that's a lot. I wonder what might help to account for that amazing growth:

Shameful, huh..? In view of such evil ambition, I wonder how profitable opiods are, huh..? The Sackler family owns an incredible 1/3 of the entire legal opiods market and they route all of their profits through Bermuda, where they own a non-descript office building.

I wonder HOW rich you can get...

But that's just ONE of their many houses.

This one goes for $32 million dollars and it's in Bel Air, next to Beverly Hills.

After HOOKING people, you probably won't believe that they were also recently granted a patent for a drug to get people UN-hooked, would you..?

Yes, paid to hook people, then paid to UN-hook them. Nice biz, huh...?

Nice medal, maybe he planted a flag on Mount Suribachi, right...?

Uh-huh, sure...!

If you weren't in the military, could you wear a serious look on your face while you walked around with a MEDAL on your suit jacket..?

That takes real brass.

[Honorary Serb]

I KNEW it!!!!

[grey_whiskers]

McKinsey (along with GE) was instrumental in starting the offshoring / outsourcing craze to India.

Which, you know, kind of cut off the "learn to code" route out of poverty for those replaced by illegal aliens.

As with Gondor in LOTR, all of these things are by deliberate malfeasance long-planned.

[Zathras]

And they got the raw materials for it from ... Afghanistan.
Funny how the Opioid problem started about 10 years after we started fighting in Afghanistan.

Hollywood even made a movie about it.
“Spies like us”

[gaijin]

US fights in VN —main opium source near VN

US fights in Afghanistan —main opium sourth in Afghanistan

Hmmm.....!

[okkev68]

the Chevy Chase movie?

[Roccus]

The Donna Dixon movie.

[voicereason]

McKinsey has a number of instances where they have been involved in that they wish they could forget. There’s been a few books written on this subject. McKinsey, or “The Firm” as they like to refer to themselves, has been winding its way into companies for a long time.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Sounds like the lawyahs have found themselves some even deeper pockets than J&J.

[Honorary Serb]

There are ethical (and excellent) consulting firms—just not the name-brand globalist (and generalist) firms like McKinsey and Bain.

Besides that, one wants to choose a firm that will select a senior consultant to work with one’s company, not an overworked and dispensable associate!!!!

And as with other professionals, savvy consultants know that globalism is DEAD!!!!