Generics Makers Made Majority of Opioids From 2006 to 2012: WaPo
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SpecGx, Par Pharmaceutical and Actavis produced and shipped the "vast majority" of the 76 billion opioid pills from 2006 to 2012, the Washington Post reported citing a DEA database that tracks pill manufacturing and recently unsealed documents from a lawsuit against drug companies.
SpecGx, now owned by Mallinckrodt; Par Pharmaceuticals, now owned by Endo Pharmaceuticals; and Teva’s Actavis, declined to comment, the Washington Post reported.