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![Fake pill bottles with messages about OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma were displayed during a protest outside the courthouse where the bankruptcy of the company was taking place in White Plains, N.Y. in 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ap21351035544012-b33132ad763a97154f5e12974e3d614fe2cd5e63-e1691769069776-900x422.jpg)
Supreme Court temporarily blocks $6 billion Purdue Pharma-Sackler bankruptcy
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a controversial bankruptcy case involving Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, and members of the Sackler family who own… Read More
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A ruling clears the way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims and protect the Sacklers from lawsuits
By: Geoff Mulvihill | AP
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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal court ruling cleared the way Tuesday for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to settle thousands of legal claims over the toll of opioids. The 2nd… Read More
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A Federal Judge Rejects A Government Bid To Delay Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Settlement
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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Updated October 14, 2021 at 8:43 AM NEW YORK (NPR) — In a surprise ruling late Wednesday a federal judge in New York allowed work to continue on implementation of… Read More
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W. Va. Joins Four Other States in Suing OxyContin Maker
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) – Five state attorneys general have announced new lawsuits against the maker of OxyContin as they seek to hold the drug industry responsible for an opioid… Read More
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No More Oxycontin For Injured Workers In Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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As of July 1, the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation will no longer pay for a powerful painkiller that’s at the center of the opioid crisis here in the Buckeye State. Ohio… Read More
![In this Aug. 17, 2018 file photo, family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses protest outside Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/AP_19015766478500-e1547655743431-900x422.jpg)
Filing: OxyContin Maker Forecast ‘Blizzard Of Prescriptions’
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BOSTON (AP) — A member of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma told people at the prescription opioid painkiller’s launch party in the 1990s that it would be… Read More