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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a settlement Thursday over its role in the nation’s deadly opioid crisis that includes U.S. states and thousands of local governments, with the Sackler family
Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP and grew wealthy from sales of OxyContin agreed to pay up to $6 billion to settle lawsuits accusing them of helping fuel the opioid-addiction epidemic, earning the unanimous support of state attorneys general to resolve the family’s liability and end the drugmaker’s bankruptcy case.
Major museums including the Met have already taken the Sackler name off their walls. The settlement would allow others to do the same.
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a settlement Thursday over its role in the opioid...
Purdue Pharma reached a nationwide settlement Thursday over its role in the opioid...