McKinsey & Company is facing a criminal investigation by U.S. attorneys' offices in Massachusetts and the Western District of Virginia for its alleged role in fueling the opioid epidemic.
“When McKinsey Comes to Town,” by the Times reporters Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe, argues that the legendary firm has accrued an inordinate amount of influence chasing profits at the expense of moral principle.
The firm let consultants advise both drugmakers and their government overseers, internal records show. “Who we know and what we know” was part of their pitch.