Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family have agreed to pay over $7 billion for their role in the opioid crisis. Posted: January ...

The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement ...

The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma have agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement to resolve federal claims brought by attorneys general from 15 states. Announced by New York Attorney General Letitia ...

Representatives for Sackler family members did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Kara Trainor, a Michigan ...

The pharmaceutical company introduced OxyContin, a brand name of oxycodone ... whose office helped negotiate the settlement agreement. "The Sackler family relentlessly pursued profit at the ...

AP — Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma ... The deal, agreed to by Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family members who own the company and lawyers representing state and ...

The latest settlement is meant to address a drug addiction crisis that has led to over 700,000 opioid overdose deaths in the US over the past two decades.

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family who controlled it have agreed to pay up to $7.4bn (£6bn) to settle claims regarding its powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin. The deal represents an ...

Sackler family members agreed to pay the US Justice Department $225 million to settle civil claims while Purdue pleaded guilty to three federal felonies related to its marketing of OxyContin.

"Today, we're forcing Purdue and the Sackler family to pay for their role ... Pharma for its aggressive marketing and for downplaying OxyContin’s addictiveness. Purdue essentially responded ...

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, the ...