With this deal, the Sackler family would receive immunity in exchange for paying up to $6 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits filed against Purdue Pharma. The case alleges that Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family knowingly misled the public about the addictive nature of the opioids it manufactured like OxyContin.
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Nov 23, 2023 · The department and Purdue Pharma forged a plea bargain in a criminal and civil case. The deal included $8.3 billion in penalties and forfeitures ...
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Dec 4, 2023 · In agreeing to take the case, Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, No. 23-124, the Supreme Court temporarily halted the deal, most likely suspending ...
Dec 4, 2023 · U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday struggled over whether to approve OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement, ...
Dec 4, 2023 · By 2020, Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty to three criminal charges. The company agreed that it owed $8 billion in criminal and civil fines, most of ...
On October 21, 2020, it was reported that Purdue had reached a settlement potentially worth US$8.3 billion, admitting that it "knowingly and intentionally ...
Dec 4, 2023 · Monday's oral argument was the latest chapter in four years' worth of litigation over the efforts to seek a fresh start in the face of the ...
The lawsuit alleges that the result of Big Pharma's misinformation campaign was that prescribers started writing more prescriptions, for more pills, for more ...