McKinsey, Opioid epidemic
Justice Department is investigating McKinsey consulting firm’s role in opioid epidemic
The Justice Department is investigating McKinsey & Company, one of the world’s largest consulting firms, over its role in advising drug companies on how to boost sales of opioids, according to sources familiar with the matter.
McKinsey Under Criminal Investigation Over Opioid-Related Consulting
Justice Department is investigating the consulting firm’s advice to manufacturers of OxyContin and other opioid products.
McKinsey reportedly under US criminal investigation over opioid industry work
Federal prosecutors looking at relationship with Purdue Pharma and other drug manufacturers, and its role in US opioid crisis
McKinsey advised drug companies on how to 'turbocharge' opioid sales. Now it's under criminal investigation.
Prosecutors are probing McKinsey's role in advising opioid drugmakers. The opioid crisis has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.
McKinsey Is Under Criminal Investigation for Its Opioid Work
Federal prosecutors are examining the consulting company’s role in helping “turbocharge” the sale of painkillers like OxyContin.
McKinsey Faces US Criminal Probe Over Opioids Work, Sources Say
The Justice Department probe underscores how McKinsey's past work advising drugmakers on opioids continues to follow the near-century-old consulting firm. It carries higher stakes
McKinsey Faces Criminal Probe for its Role in Opioid Crisis
The Justice Department is investigating the consulting firm over its role in advising drug makers how to market prescription painkillers and contributed to a national addiction disaster.
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