Reckitt Benckiser, the company that owns Lysol disinfectant and Durex condoms, will struggle to wash its hands of its former ward Indivior. The small U.K. drug producer is in hot water in the U.S. over an alleged opioid fraud. It’s one more problem that Reckitt’s incoming chief executive will have to fix. Late Tuesday, the Justice Department charged Indivior with a fraud that led to increased sales of its lucrative opioid-addiction drug, Suboxone Film. The problem dates back at least 10 years, when patent protection for the...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 11, 2019 12:00 UTC