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June 7, 2025

OxyContin marketer, opioid maker announce settlements totaling $500 million

February 9, 2024 The Associated Press

An advertising agency that helped develop marketing campaigns for OxyContin and other prescription painkillers and a drugmaker announced separate agreements Thursday worth a total of $500 million to avoid going to trial on claims that […]

OxyContin maker Purdue proposes $10B plan to exit bankruptcy

March 16, 2021 Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Purdue Pharma, which helped revolutionize the prescription painkiller business with its drug OxyContin, is proposing a $10 billion plan to emerge from bankruptcy that calls for it to be transformed into a different kind of […]