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(By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas and Sydney Lupkin for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Two federal investigations \u2014 one examining opioid sales, another about a\u00a0<\/span>multiple sclerosis<\/a>\u00a0drug whose price had soared to $34,000 a vial \u2014 were only part of the troubles Mallinckrodt faced as the year began. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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