Lawsuits Won’t Fix Opioid Epidemic, Top Drug Distributor Says

By Jared S. Hopkins, Bloomberg News

Courtrooms aren’t the place to fix the opioid epidemic, said a top drug distributor targeted by numerous lawsuits from cities and states claiming it played a role in the crisis.

“Frankly, lawsuits from various parties and settlements don’t solve the problem,” said John Hammergren, the chief executive of McKesson Corp., in discussing quarterly results on a call with analysts Thursday. “What solves the problem is thinking in a broader context and putting the solutions in place that they can actually prevent this from happening.”

The world’s largest drug distributor, McKesson faces claims that it ...