Opioid Addiction Crisis: Corporate Responsibility and Civil Law Solutions

The Opioid Addiction Crisis has caused approximately 633,000 deaths since 1999, more than ten times the total loss of U.S. life from the Vietnam War. On March 16, The Center for Ethics and Rule of Law (CERL) will host a public conversation designed to identify criminal, civil and regulatory solutions to address this crisis and to prevent a reoccurrence of this kind of public health emergency. Presenters draw from the ranks of health care professionals, lawyers, legislators, psychologists, and scholars from a variety of disciplines to discuss recent developments in the opioid epidemic as well as proposals for legal action and policy reform. What is the liability of pharmaceutical companies in relation to advice they gave to doctors that pain was being “undertreated”? Are civil suits that are currently being filed against pharmaceutical companies on behalf of a number of American cities likely to succeed? Are federal agencies, particularly the FDA, the Veterans Administration (VA) and possibly the CDC responsible for failing to protect veterans and other vulnerable consumers from the perils of addiction? What regulatory reforms need to be adopted to ensure this never occurs again?

Corporate Responsibility and Civil Law Solutions: Moderator: Mr. Christopher Naughton, CEO & Host, American Law Journal TV
Panelists: Ms. Gerianne Tringali DiPiano, President & CEO, FemmePharma, Dr. Thomas Farley, Health Commissioner, City of Philadelphia, Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Co-Director, Opioid Policy Research at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Mr. Donald Migliori, Attorney, Motley Rice LLC, Mr. Stephen Sheller, Founding Partner, Sheller P.C. Law Firm.

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