Tag: Purdue Pharma
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...
Purdue’s Sacklers get closer to an opioid trial in Mass.
NEW YORK – Purdue Pharma LP’s billionaire owners, the Sackler family, are a step closer to a trial in Massachusetts over their role in...
Purdue, Sacklers seek to use bankruptcy as shield from suits
NEW YORK – The first big fight in Purdue Pharma LP’s bankruptcy case is taking shape as states and cities across the United States...
Did the Sackler family take money out of Purdue Pharma for...
When Purdue Pharma LP filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 15, it was in no small measure to blunt the effects of the more then...
Purdue opioid deal may be worth less than drugmaker promised
WILMINGTON, Del. – Purdue Pharma LP’s deal to escape thousands of lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis may be provide less than...
CVS is Purdue’s largest listed creditor
NEW YORK – Purdue Pharma LP told a bankruptcy court it owes almost $100 million to pharmacy-benefit managers, drug distributors and state health departments in...
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy to wipe out 2,000...
WILMINGTON, Del. – Purdue Pharma LP filed for bankruptcy with a more than $10 billion plan to settle claims that it fueled the U.S....
Purdue wins backing of 23 states for opioid settlement, R.I. not...
WILMINGTON, Del. – Purdue Pharma LP won the backing of about half of U.S. states and territories for a proposed settlement of claims it...
Purdue opioid settlement talks stall over Sacklers’ cash
NEW YORK – Purdue Pharma LP’s settlement talks over the drugmaker’s opioid painkillers have stalled over how much money the family that owns the...
Big pharma ordered to face cities’ opioid-conspiracy claims
WILMINGTON, Del. – Johnson & Johnson, Cardinal Health Inc. and other makers and distributors of opioid painkillers must face lawsuits claiming they banded together...