The u. S. Has struggled for years with an epidemic of opioid drug addiction now landmark trials underway that could hold drug maker johnson and johnson partly responsible well give you the details. Also on the show mergers and restructurings arent so easy when youre talking about french jobs just ask g. E. Which is looking to make cuts. And chinas government has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty so how does it get the rest well look at one story. Welcome to your business im Stephen Beards in berlin good to have you with us Consumer Products giant johnson and johnson has begun defending itself in a landmark u. S. Trial that seeks to assign blame for the countrys Prescription Painkiller Epidemic the state of oklahoma accuses the firm of deceptively marketing Opioid Painkillers and understating their addictive potential it to other pharmaceutical companies
produce pharma and israels teva of already settled with Oklahoma The Trial is the 1st against a Drug Manufacturer in connecti
the streets and sort of like their out of control of physicians that is one reason the other reason is that the threshold that the hurdle to obtain these substances is not very high so if you were to make the case that you are suffering from chronic pain your doctor might prescribe you an opioid painkiller very easily other addicts see their doctors even willing to hurt themselves to obtain them there are reports of people even shooting themselves in their legs just to get those offense a little overzealous joining us from washington following a trial that will be keeping tabs on as well thank you. general electric is considering plans to cut more than a 1000 jobs and friends of us despite the french government repeatedly urging the u.s. engineering firm not to do so proposals would see most of the cuts made at g.e. is power equipment business for in the east of the country earlier this year g.e. was fined by the government in france for failing to meet a promise to create a 1000 jobs
the u.s. has struggled for years with an epidemic of opioid drug addiction now landmark trials underway that could hold drug maker johnson and johnson partly responsible we ll give you the details. also on the show mergers and restructurings aren t so easy when you re talking about french jobs just ask g.e. which is looking to make cuts. and china s government has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty so how does it get the rest we ll look at one story. welcome to your business i m stephen beard s in berlin good to have you with us consumer products giant johnson and johnson has begun defending itself in a landmark u.s. trial that seeks to assign blame for the country s prescription painkiller epidemic the state of oklahoma accuses the firm of deceptively marketing opioid painkillers and understating their addictive potential it to other pharmaceutical companies
produce pharma and israel s teva of already settled with oklahoma the trial is the 1st against a drug manufacturer in connection with the crisis and it s being watched by dozens of other states which have filed similar suits. there s now for more on this i m joined now by washington correspondent oliver salih oliver could have you on the show 1st off one of the accusations against johnson and johnson and what does the company say. well the major accusation is that johnson and johnson has been for years now producing and marketing highly addictive opioid substances and basically under playing the risks off addiction here and one of the most prominent drugs they produce are patches with the substance of fenton ill and fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin so essentially here the ex is ation is that their marketing practice and marketing practices of other drug makers in the united
stephen beard s in bilin good to have you with us consumer products giant johnson and johnson has begun defending itself in a landmark u.s. trial that seeks to assign blame for the country s prescription painkiller epidemic the state of oklahoma accuses the firm of deceptively marketing opioid painkillers and understating their addictive potential to other pharmaceutical companies produce pharma and israel s teva have already settled with oklahoma the trial is the 1st against a drug manufacturer in connection with the crisis and it s being watched by dozens of other states which have filed similar suits. there s now for more on this i m joined now by washington correspondent oversell it all or it could have you on the show 1st off one of the accusations against johnson and johnson and what does the company say. well the major accusation is that johnson and johnson has been for years now 3 producing and marketing highly addictive opioid substances and