Ex-pharma chief charged with flooding Appalachian towns with opioids
- Anthony Rattini accused of ignoring evidence of opioids’ harm
- Charges mark shift in effort to hold drug firms to account
Federal prosecutors have charged a former president of a major pharmaceutical distributor with flooding parts of Appalachia with millions of opioid pills while ignoring evidence they were driving addiction and death.
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