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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
![Cars pass Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AP_19277754232860-e1570833556708-900x422.jpg)
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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Purdue Pharma agrees to a new opioid settlement with US states
By: Associated Press
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has reached a nationwide settlement over its role in the opioid crisis. The deal reached Thursday would require members of the Sackler… Read More
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Purdue Pharma Offers Restructuring Plan, Sackler Family Would Give Up Ownership
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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Under a bankruptcy plan filed late Monday, the OxyContin maker would pay $500 million up front, promising billions in future payments. Twenty-four states rejected the proposal.
![Cars pass Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AP_19277754232860-e1570833556708-900x422.jpg)
WATCH: What Newly Released Emails Reveal About OxyContin and its Makers
By: PBS Newshour
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The U.S. opioid epidemic has taken hundreds of thousands of lives. A reckoning for the manufacturers, marketers and distributors of these drugs has now begun — but despite several multibillion… Read More
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Judge Will Halt Lawsuits Against Purdue Pharma, Its Owners For 6 Months
By: Geoff Mulvihill | AP
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A judge will halt lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and its owners for six months in hopes of finalizing a settlement over the OxyContin maker’s role in the national opioid crisis,… Read More
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Purdue Pharma Asks Judge to Stop Lawsuits Against Sacklers
By: Geoff Mulvihill | AP
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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma on Wednesday asked a bankruptcy court judge to halt all lawsuits against the company and its former directors, including members of the Sackler family, which owns… 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)
Court Lets Purdue Pharma Court Records be Made Public
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The secret testimony from former Purdue Pharma President Richard Sackler and other records in a Kentucky opioids lawsuit must be made public after the state Supreme… Read More