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Here's what to watch for tomorrow that could be a big development and a big story. in 1996 a new painkiller hit the market. take the next step in pain relief. oxycontin. oxycontin turned out to be a highly addictive painkiller. oxycontin came on the market in '96. in '97 the company that made it already knew that it was being abused. the president of the company purdue pharma responded with a plan. we may need to start a campaign to focus on the untreated patient in severe pain who is mobilized and given his pain back by our products. the company gets word that their new pain drug is being abu...

Being abused and this new plan not to address the abuse or addictiveness of his drug, it was a plan to push the drug further. those were among the documents gathered by prosecutors as they prepared federal criminal fraud charges against executives at purr do you pharma. even though a prosecution memo was brutal, prosecutors recommended felony charges against multiple purdue executives that could have put they will all in jail, purdue's lawyers argued them down and it ended up with one charge on the company and misdemeanors for the executives. purdue had to pay $600 million. that was barely eve...

Really has been ravaging american towns and cities for years now you know as the 130 americans die from opioid overdoses every single day i mean the cases are looking at figures like 400000 americans dying from overdoses of opioids between 190-920-1760 extension 00 of those are thought to have been in oklahoma and it's in oklahoma that we've had this very 1st occasion on which one of the drugs companies has made it to trial and in this instance it's been found against them what it's said is that johnson and johnson by the oklahoma prosecutors is that they were using marketing techniques that b...

Addictiveness of their drug. >> don't buy that this was a good company. in the context of this case, it is not a good company. this company cut and ran. they took the money and they ran and they left us here, holding the body bags. heather: oklahoma is seeking more than $17 billion in damages from johnson san johnson & johnh denied any wrong-doing. here's some good news. a potential breakthrough for alzheimer's. scientists say they're getting closer to a drug test that would screen people for possible signs of the disease and dementia. they reported significant progress including one test havi...

To diverse their entire way up to the border with the united states of america. we have embassies. we have con slats in these countries, go to those facilities, make your case. jillian: the aclu says the slaw patently unlawful and they will sue. a judge will now decide whether johnson and johnson is to blame for the opioid crisis. the trial in oklahoma coming to an end after seven weeks. the state attorney general's office slamming the drug company as a king pin and cartel accusing it of down playing the addictiveness of their drugs. >> don't buy that this is a good company. in the context of ...