Attorney General-elect Maura Healey said she would consider taking legal action against pharmaceutical companies to help rein in prescription drug abuse that can lead to heroin addiction.
Healey pointed to a lawsuit brought by Kentucky against Purdue Pharma alleging the company misled health care providers, consumers and government officials regarding the risk of addiction associated with the drug OxyContin.
"It's something I want to look at," Healey said. "I certainly won't hesitate to take action against pharmaceutical companies that are engaged in unfair or deceptive marketing practices and aren't being straight with the public."
Healey said the problem of opiate addiction has been growing, in part, because prescription painkillers have become so powerful while the cost of illegal drugs such as heroin has plummeted as their potency has increased. That's led to a rise of overdoses, she said.
The Kentucky lawsuit was filed in 2007 and remains pending.
Richard Silbert, a lawyer for Purdue Pharma, said the company agrees prescription drug abuse is a serious problem. He said that's why the company reformulated OxyContin to make it harder to abuse. But Silbert said the evidence doesn't show the company's marketing caused harm.
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has said the state is moving ahead with the lawsuit.
Kentucky isn't alone. In July, the city of Chicago filed a lawsuit alleging five pharmaceutical companies, including Purdue Pharma, deceptively marketed their drugs to treat long-term, non-cancer pain. Chicago's lawsuit mirrors a complaint filed in June by two California counties.
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