Purdue Pharma and the family that owns the company have agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion to settle lawsuits filed over the toll OxyContin has taken. Read more trending news The amount agreed upon ...

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Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have agreed to pay up to 7.4 billion dollars (£6 billion) in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription ...

More than one in five people prescribed extended-release painkillers such as OxyContin developed an addiction within a year, ...

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RELATED: Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4B in settlement of lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin The government’s complaint, filed in January in the U.S. District Court for the Northern ...

Discrepancy between individuals’ and governments’ compensations highlights a sense of injustice felt by people directly affected by the crisis who say their suffering is the reason for the payouts.

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The Justice Department argued that shielding the… OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma ... Sackler family who own the company to avoid civil lawsuits over the opioid crisis, a court has ruled.