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Big Pharma Played Outsize Role in Woman’s Fentanyl-Related Death, Lawsuit Argues

Sarah Fuller’s doctor asked her to come in to discuss a new prescription for her chronic pain, but a drug company sales rep did most of the talking. “She didn’t say anything about risk,” said David Fuller, who accompanied his 32-year-old daughter to the Cherry Hill medical office. Sarah was given Subsys, a fast-acting opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin.


Lawsuit Blames Improper Marketing of Potent Opioid for Woman’s Death

he family of a New Jersey woman who died after using a prescription version of the potent opioid fentanyl filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against the drug’s maker, her doctor, and a specialty pharmacy that provided the drug. The lawsuit, filed in a New Jersey state court, alleges 32-year-old Sarah Fuller was the victim of a nationwide push by Insys Therapeutics to entice doctors to …