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Home » Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges Over OxyContin
Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges Over OxyContin
Bankrupt pharma major Purdue Pharma pled guilty in federal court yesterday to multiple criminal charges related to its promotion of the opioid painkiller OxyContin (oxycodone) and agreed to pay more than $8 billion in fines and penalties, with the company’s owners, the Sackler family, agreeing to pay another $225 million.