Big Pharma Playbook: How Corrupt Politicians Got America Hooked on Opioids

An investigation into how politicians collaborated with Big Pharma to create the worst public health emergency in human history.

In 2019, Purdue Pharma, the creator of OxyContin, filed for one of the most controversial and highly-charged bankruptcies in American history. It was an attempt to settle thousands of state and municipal lawsuits against the company for its culpability in the opioid crisis. In response, Edward Neiger, a mass torts and bankruptcy lawyer in New York, took up the fight on behalf of the actual, human victims, people whose lives were shattered as a result of the opioid crisis. Neiger soon represented over 60,000 victims who sought justice.

The Big Pharma Playbook takes us through the shocking, and at times, heartbreaking story of one man’s quest to uncover the truth about the opioid crisis. In this journey of discovery, Neiger uncovered 150 pieces of legislation that would have curbed the opioid crisis, all of which never saw the light of day, implicating both state and federal politicians who turned a blind eye to the wide-sweeping casualties amassing due to opioid use.

Why did politicians not act when they could have when it was their job to protect the people? Edward soon discovered the secret “Big Pharma Playbook,” the means by which Big Pharma would funnel millions of dollars to politicians, disguised and undetectable.

In this part memoir, part exposé, part legal thriller, Edward Neiger paints a devastating portrayal of greed, corruption, and the fight for truth and accountability.