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W Va city, drug distributors trade final words in landmark opioid trial
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W Va city, drug distributors trade final words in landmark opioid trial
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Sides rest in opioid trial; closing arguments later this month By
July 12, 2021 - 10:40 pm
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Closing arguments in the legal challenge between local West Virginia governments and drug companies will take place in late July as both sides have rested in the trial.
Attorneys representing drug distributors AmerisourceBergen Drug. Co., Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Crop. rested their defense on Monday. The city of Huntington and Cabell County Commission accuse the companies of fueling the opioid crisis by shipping millions of opioid pills between 2008 and 2014 which led to a rise in illegal drug use.
The federal bench trial, which U.S. District Judge David Faber is presiding over, was expected to go through mid-August. Multiple individuals, including former state Health Officer Dr. Rahul Gupta, Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader and Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, testified in court.
Defense argues Cabell, Huntington treatment programs are covered; no additional funds needed
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Timothy Deer
CHARLESTON – Tables turned as an expert witness for Cardinal Health had his professional reputation challenged during his testimony at the bellwether federal opioid trial.
Enu Mainigi, representing Cardinal Health, called local physician Timothy Deer as an expert in pain management and the standard of care for pain management.
Deer testified that he was asked to look at the standard care in West Virginia between 1994 and 2021, the change of opioid prescribing and “what really happened” in West Virginia. Mainigi
Huntington and Cabell County sued the three large distribution companies – AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson – in 2017, seeking the parties be held responsible for their part in the opioid epidemic. Five of 77 pharmacies in Cabell County and Huntington, received over 23.2 million pills between 2006 and 2014 according to DEA data.