Opioid Crisis and Pharma Industry – Part 3 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #723
Opioid Crisis and Pharma Industry – Part 3 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #723 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #722 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. This series of blogposts is based on multiple sources, links to some of which appear at the end. Johnson & Johnson is the third company which is implicated in the opioid crisis directly. Their story is by far the most damning in the entire cycle of crisis. In 1980s, J&J needed a reliable supply of opium for a popular product, Tylenol with Codeine. Having the reach of a multinational, they found and acquired a business in Tasmania, Australia, which grew and processed poppies. They grew the business further, and even developed a new strain of poppy calle...