An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572.1 million (466 million pounds) to the state for its part in fueling an opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing addictive painkillers, a sum that was substantially less than investors had expected, driving up J&J's shares.
UK: J&J liable for $572 million in Oklahoma opioid epidemic trial; shares rise
Reviewed by Shahid Karimi
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August 26, 2019
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