Ditch the opioid 'negotiating class' proposal, experts say. State attorneys general are better suited to reach a deal

Cities and counties around the U.S. have sued opioid drugmakers and distributors over their alleged role in a nationwide crisis, and plaintiffs recently proposed a “negotiating class” to help the sides reach a settlement. But that idea isn't helping, two experts say. Instead, it's an idea the parties shouldn't sink time into, former Connecticut Deputy Attorney General Perry Zinn Rowthorn told FiercePharma. Rowthorn, along with Connecticut's former Attorney General George Jepsen, this week wrote an op-ed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer picking apart the proposal. The upshot of their argument: State attorneys general, which are running their own investigations and lawsuits, are better equipped to negotiate a settlement favorable to all the plaintiffs involved.

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