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 ...

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 ...

Despite medical advances and health scares, thousands of U.S. doctors continue to prescribe opioids to treat pain, keeping ...

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 District of ...

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.

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

The previous year, the Miami doctor got off lightly when he reached a settlement agreement with the Florida Board of Medicine for prescribing large doses of Oxycodone to a patient. Carpman paid a ...

US Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi becomes the third major Democratic candidate in Illinois seeking to succeed retiring US Sen. Dick ...

Trustees announced a partnership with Boardman trustees Thursday for the Clarence R. Smith Mahoning Valley First Responders Wellness Center. It was a commitment that Poland Township police Chief Greg ...

Projected on two large screens in front of a hotel conference room full of more than 300 people on Wednesday, a video told ...