The global consulting firm McKinsey & Company will pay $650 million to settle a Justice Department investigation into its work with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma.
According to the New York Times, McKinsey advised Purdue Pharma to "turbocharge" OxyContin sales during the opioid epidemic and was paid $93 million for its services. McKinsey's recommendations included targeting "opioid naive" patients who had little or no experience taking the drug.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.