NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general said Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd should be restored to litigation over its alleged role in fueling an opioid crisis in the state, accusing the Israeli-based company of lying to evade accountability.
Attorney General Letitia James said Teva falsely swore it had no role in the American opioids business overseen by its Teva Pharmaceuticals USA unit when it was actually a “primary decision maker,” and used shell companies to transfer “significant funds” into offshore accounts it controlled.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York, Editing by Louise Heavens)
