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As lawsuits mount, Philly-area pharma company reports 20,000 opioid-related deaths to FDA

The fatality reports represent some of the information being pried loose amid roughly 2,000 lawsuits now pending against opioid makers and distributors.

Emily Walden, who lost her son, TJ, to an opioid overdose in 2012, is photographed in her home in Louisville, Ky. TJ’s portrait hangs above the mantel.
Emily Walden, who lost her son, TJ, to an opioid overdose in 2012, is photographed in her home in Louisville, Ky. TJ’s portrait hangs above the mantel.Read moreBryan Woolston / For The Inquirer