Owners of OxyContin maker paid more after company’s big fine

The wealthy owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma started taking far more money out of the company after it was fined for misleading marketing of the powerful prescription painkiller. A court filing made by the company Monday evening shows Purdue made payments for the benefit of members of the Sackler family who own the company... Read More

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Opioids, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, Sacklers

September 12, 2019

Some states say they’ll keep fighting Purdue Pharma in court

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Courtroom showdowns still face OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and the family that owns it, the Sacklers. But after a tentative settlement reached Wednesday with thousands of local governments and more than 20 states, the fight will be less about the damage done by the company and more over how to divide... Read More

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Opioids, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma

March 27, 2019

Maker of OxyContin agrees to $270M settlement in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The maker of OxyContin and the company’s controlling family agreed Tuesday to pay a groundbreaking $270 million to Oklahoma to settle allegations they helped create the nation’s deadly opioid crisis with their aggressive marketing of the powerful painkiller. It is the first settlement to come out of the recent coast-to-coast wave... Read More

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Opioid, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma

March 5, 2019

OxyContin maker: Lawsuit distorts facts, scapegoats company

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is asking a court to throw out a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts’ attorney general that accuses the company, its owners and top executives of deceiving patients and doctors about the risks of opioids. In its most expansive response to date, Connecticut-based Purdue argued in a motion filed late Friday that the... Read More

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January 17, 2019

Prosecutor: Drug maker pushed OxyContin despite danger signs

BOSTON (AP) — A member of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma told people at the prescription opioid painkiller’s launch party in the 1990s that it would be “followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition,” according to court documents filed Tuesday. The details were made public in a case... Read More

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Opioids, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma

January 16, 2019

Filing: OxyContin maker forecast ‘blizzard of prescriptions’

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Owners of OxyContin maker paid more after company’s big fine

Some states say they’ll keep fighting Purdue Pharma in court

Maker of OxyContin agrees to $270M settlement in Oklahoma

OxyContin maker: Lawsuit distorts facts, scapegoats company

Prosecutor: Drug maker pushed OxyContin despite danger signs

Filing: OxyContin maker forecast ‘blizzard of prescriptions’

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Owners of OxyContin maker paid more after company’s big fine

Some states say they’ll keep fighting Purdue Pharma in court

Maker of OxyContin agrees to $270M settlement in Oklahoma

OxyContin maker: Lawsuit distorts facts, scapegoats company

Prosecutor: Drug maker pushed OxyContin despite danger signs

Filing: OxyContin maker forecast ‘blizzard of prescriptions’

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