麥肯錫6500萬美元和解美國鴉片危機指控




麥肯錫公司同意支付6.5億美元以解決美國的鴉片類藥物指控

波士頓(路透社)——麥肯錫公司(McKinsey & Co)已同意支付6.5億美元,以解決其向普渡製藥(Purdue Pharma)提供的建議,該建議旨在「加速」其成癮性止痛藥OxyContin的銷售,這是美國司法部於周五宣布的消息。

這家諮詢公司與美國司法部達成了一項為期五年的延遲起訴協議,該協議已在維吉尼亞州阿賓頓的聯邦法庭提交,旨在解決針對其在推廣成癮性止痛藥方面的刑事指控。這是針對推動美國致命鴉片類藥物疫情的最新企業起訴案例。

一名前麥肯錫高級合夥人馬丁·艾林(Martin Elling)也同意認罪,因其銷毀與麥肯錫為普渡所做工作的記錄而妨礙司法。他計劃於1月10日認罪,根據其認罪協議,可能面臨最多一年監禁。其律師拒絕置評。

檢察官表示,此案件標誌著第一家管理諮詢公司因其所提供的建議而被追究刑事責任,這應該成為其他諮詢行業的警示。

馬薩諸塞州的美國檢察官約書亞·利維(Joshua Levy)在波士頓的新聞發布會上表示:「我們將不再容忍那些光鮮亮麗的簡報和諮詢術語,如果你參與了刑事違法行為,我們將追究你的責任。」

此案件是多年來針對主要製藥商、藥品分銷商、藥房及企業在鴉片類藥物疫情中所扮演角色的訴訟和調查的最新進展。根據美國疾病控制與預防中心的數據,1999年至2022年間,美國約有727,000人死於鴉片類藥物過量。

針對麥肯錫的指控是在普渡製藥於2020年承認其在處方止痛藥管理方面的廣泛不當行為後提出的,包括合謀欺詐美國官員及向醫生和電子健康記錄供應商支付非法回扣。

目前,普渡正在進行法院命令的調解,以重新制定與各州、地方政府及其他在破產程序中涉及的多億美元民事和解協議,此前美國最高法院拒絕了其初步協議。該公司表示,計劃將和解收益用於鴉片類藥物的減少和對受害者的賠償。

檢察官表示,普渡在早前針對其推廣OxyContin的刑事案件後,於2010年在麥肯錫的建議下獲得了對新配方藥物的批准,該藥物具有抗濫用特性。

當OxyContin的銷售在新藥推出後大幅下降時,普渡轉向麥肯錫,後者於2013年制定了一項「加速」銷售的策略,這一策略涉及針對醫療界的「高價值」開處方者——其中包括一名因不當用途而開具鴉片類藥物的醫生,檢察官表示。

美國維吉尼亞州西區的檢察官克里斯托弗·卡瓦諾(Christopher Kavanaugh)表示:「麥肯錫的策略導致了不安全、醫學上不必要且缺乏合法目的的OxyContin處方,這些處方經常被轉售。」

麥肯錫被控合謀虛假標示藥物及妨礙司法。如果其遵守五年的協議條款,這些指控將被撤銷。該公司還同意解決根據《虛假索賠法》提出的民事索賠。

麥肯錫在一份聲明中表示,對此感到「深表歉意」。該公司在2019年停止為與鴉片類藥物相關的業務提供建議,並表示其為鴉片類藥物製造商的工作「將永遠是我們公司的深刻遺憾」。

另一名被指控與文件刪除有關的前麥肯錫合夥人表示,他計劃繼續對前雇主提起訴訟。麥肯錫表示,該解雇是正當的,因其嚴重違反了專業標準。

這位前合夥人阿納布·加塔克(Arnab Ghatak)在一份聲明中說:「我感到得到了平反。正如我一貫所說,我從未參與不當刪除,麥肯錫在替罪羊問題上行為無法容忍,並一再誹謗我。」

馬薩諸塞州的美國檢察官利維表示,雖然檢察官對麥肯錫案件持開放態度,但「我們認為這一事件已經結束」。

這一事件不僅揭示了麥肯錫在鴉片類藥物危機中的角色,也反映出企業在為客戶提供諮詢服務時所需承擔的責任。隨著社會對成癮問題的認識加深,未來的企業顧問必須更加謹慎,避免重蹈覆轍。這起案件的結果可能成為其他諮詢公司的一個警示,促使整個行業對其業務行為進行深刻反思。

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