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Reckitt Benckiser’s record $1.4B opioid settlement a warning for drug companies
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-07-15T17:56:00
Reckitt Benckiser Group will pay $1.4 billion to resolve a long-running federal investigation concerning the sales and marketing of the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone.
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