Tag: OxyContin
Purdue Pharma, Sackler family reach new $7.4B opioid settlement
Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new...
McKinsey & Co. agrees to pay $650M for helping Purdue Pharma...
BOSTON (AP) – McKinsey & Co. consulting firm has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work to help...
Supreme Court rejects nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the...
R.I. to get $1.5M in opioid lawsuit settlement with Publicis Health
PROVIDENCE – The state will receive $1.5 million from Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the...
Ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims, protect...
A federal court ruling cleared the way Tuesday for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's settlement of thousands of legal claims over the toll of opioids.
The...
Florida secures $860M from CVS and others to settle opioid case
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The CVS drug store company and pharmaceutical companies will pay Florida a combined $860 million as part of the settlement...
States: Sackler family members abusing bankruptcy process
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge should reject a sweeping settlement to thousands of lawsuits against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, a group of...
Neronha joins 22 states in opposing Purdue Pharma settlement offer
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha joined attorneys general from 22 other states and opioid addiction activists on Tuesday in pushing back against...
Bankruptcy judge OKs federal settlement with Purdue Pharma
Proposed settlements between the federal government and OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners cleared a major legal hurdle Tuesday when a bankruptcy judge...
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will...