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X-WR-CALNAME:Attorney General Rokita Announces $12.5 Million Settlement wit
 h McKinsey & Company for its Role in “Turbocharging” the Opioid Epidem
 ic with Purdue Pharma
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DESCRIPTION:INDIANAPOLIS – Attorney General Todd Rokita today announced a
  $12.5 million settlement for Indiana as part of a $573 million multi-stat
 e settlement with one of the world’s largest consulting firms\, McKinsey
  & Company\, resolving investigations into the company’s role in working
  for opioid companies\, helping those companies promote their drugs\, and 
 profiting from the opioid epidemic.\n\n“The opioid epidemic has devastat
 ed communities in Indiana and across the nation\, claiming far too many li
 ves\,” said Attorney General Rokita. “We owe it to Hoosier families to
  hold those responsible for this crisis accountable and deliver the justic
 e they deserve. I want to thank the attorneys in my office who have worked
  tirelessly to reach this historic settlement\, which will bring substanti
 al and immediate relief to communities across the state.”\n\nThis is the
  first multi-state opioid settlement to result in substantial payment to s
 tates to address the epidemic. Indiana’s $12\,579\,158 share of the sett
 lement will be used to fund prevention\, education\, and treatment efforts
  in local communities. In addition to providing funds to address the crisi
 s\, the agreement calls for McKinsey to stop advising companies on potenti
 ally dangerous Schedule II and III narcotics.\n\nToday’s filings describ
 e how McKinsey contributed to the opioid crisis by selling aggressive mark
 eting schemes and consulting services to opioid manufacturers\, including 
 Purdue Pharma\, that encouraged physicians to over-prescribe OxyContin—t
 riggering abuse\, addiction\, and death for thousands of patients. McKinse
 y continued these practices well after the opioid crisis was underway.\n\n
 To increase public transparency\, the agreement calls for McKinsey to disc
 lose tens of thousands of its internal documents detailing its work for Pu
 rdue Pharma and other opioid companies and continue its investigation into
  allegations that two of its partners tried to destroy documents in respon
 se to investigations of Purdue Pharma. When states began to sue Purdue’s
  directors for their implementation of McKinsey’s marketing schemes\, Mc
 Kinsey partners began emailing about deleting documents and emails related
  to their work for Purdue.\n\nJoining Attorney General Rokita in announcin
 g today’s settlement are 46 states\, the District of Columbia and five U
 .S. territories.\n\nCourt documents related to the settlement with McKinse
 y & Company are below.
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SUMMARY:Attorney General Rokita Announces $12.5 Million Settlement with McK
 insey & Company for its Role in “Turbocharging” the Opioid Epidemic wi
 th Purdue Pharma
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 t_opioid_crisis
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