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Cleveland County judge orders parts of opioid maker's internal documents to be made public

Cleveland County judge orders parts of opioid maker's internal documents to be made public
SETTLED WITH THE STATE. JESSICA: KOCO’S DILLON RICHARDS AT THE CLEVELAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE TODAY. DILLON: ABIGAIL, JESS, THAT HEARING HAPPENING INSIDE THIS CLEVELAND COUNTY COURTROOM. REPORTERS AND THE PUBLIC ACTUALLY CLEARED FROM THE COURTROOM FOR PART OF THIS AS A LAWYER FOR TEVA TALKED TO THE JUDGE ABOUT ONE DOCUMENT IN PARTICULAR. THAT DOCUMENT IS WHAT LAWYERS ARE CALLING A 2005 DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY PURDUE PHARMA AND A COMPANY OWNED BY TEVA. THE SHOW 60 MINUTES ASKING IT BE MADE PUBLIC. IT COULD REVEAL NEW DETAILS ABOUT HOW THOSE TWO MASSIVE DRUG COMPANIES PLANNED TO MARKET OPIOIDS AND WHAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THE DRUGS BACK IN 2005. AFTER LETTING REPORTERS BACK INTO COURT, JUDGE THAD BALKMAN ODERING THAT THE 2005 AGREEMENT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC, BUT THAT TEVA WILL GET TO MAKE CERTAIN REDACTIONS TO IT FIRST. THAT’S EXPECTED TO HAPPEN DURING THIS WEEK. BY THE WAY WE’RE ALSO EXPECTING A JUDGEMENT ON THE ENTIRE CASE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK, WE’LL KNOW SOON WHEN EXACTLY. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT STAKE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY WATCHING FOR THAT DECISI
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Cleveland County judge orders parts of opioid maker's internal documents to be made public
A Cleveland County judge on Monday ruled that parts of internal documents from Teva Pharmaceutical filed during Oklahoma's historic opioid trial will be unsealed.Teva Pharmaceutical is one of the companies that settled with Oklahoma after state Attorney General Mike Hunter's office filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers. The unsealed documents are what lawyers are calling a 2005 distribution and supply agreement between Purdue Pharmaceutical and a company owned by Teva.Those documents could reveal new details about how those two massive drug companies planned to market opioids and what they knew about the drugs in 2005.Judge Thad Balkman ordered that the 2005 agreement will be made public but that Teva will first be allowed to make certain redactions to them. The documents are expected to be made public this week.

A Cleveland County judge on Monday ruled that parts of internal documents from Teva Pharmaceutical filed during Oklahoma's historic opioid trial will be unsealed.

Teva Pharmaceutical is one of the companies that settled with Oklahoma after state Attorney General Mike Hunter's office filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers. The unsealed documents are what lawyers are calling a 2005 distribution and supply agreement between Purdue Pharmaceutical and a company owned by Teva.

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Those documents could reveal new details about how those two massive drug companies planned to market opioids and what they knew about the drugs in 2005.

Judge Thad Balkman ordered that the 2005 agreement will be made public but that Teva will first be allowed to make certain redactions to them. The documents are expected to be made public this week.