OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma ’s latest plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids could soon move forward after every U.S. state involved agreed to it. A judge on Wednesday ...

Trumbull County commissioners say a $2.5 million settlement from Purdue Pharma will support treatment, public safety and ...

Purdue Pharma began marketing OxyContin in 1996 after winning approval from the Food and Drug Administration. In the first few years it was used as a prescription painkiller, only a few sporadic ...

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma ‘s $7 billion-plus plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids will be sent to local governments, people who became addicted to the drug and other ...

All 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and U.S. territories have approved a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, over the company's improper marketing of ...

In the Massachusetts lawsuit, Purdue Pharma denied that their company is to blame for the opioid crisis, charging they are a scapegoat. "The Department of Health further found that the epidemic of ...

Purdue’s, which would also include about $900 million from company coffers, would be among the largest if finalized. The deals require most of the money be used to fight the opioid crisis.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma 's latest plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids could soon move forward after every U.S. state involved agreed to it.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma 's latest plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids could soon move forward after every U.S. state involved agreed to it.