By RFD Radio/WFMB
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois state has picked up on a lawsuit against a company that makes a drug to help treat opioid addiction.
Illinois is one of 35 states which said Indivior took part in a scheme to squash any attempts at having a generic version of suboxone. The drug is used to help patients addicted to heroin.
Attorney general spokeswoman Eileen Boyce said the company was blocking attempts while pocketing big profits.
“Lacking general competitors forced people to pay artificially high prices during a time when there companies were making more than $3 billion in profits,” Boyce said.
Madigan’s office and the other AG’s contend that standing in the way of generics from being made wound up costing patients money.
