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How The Maker of OxyContin Could Avoid More Than 1,000 Lawsuits
The manufacturer of OxyContin, the very popular and highly addictive opioid painkiller drug, Purdue Pharma LLP, currently faces multiple lawsuits that could add up to tens of billions of dollars in settlements and judgments against it. Several states and thousands of individuals are accusing the OxyContin manufacturer of deceptive marketing practices leading to an explosion of drug addiction and death....
March 23, 2019
OxyContin Producer Patents Opioid Addiction Treatment Drug
Purdue Pharma, which manufactures OxyContin and a few other opioid painkillers, has received a patent for a “new” medication to treat opioid addiction. This is in the wake of a $3.4 million donation to Harm Reduction Therapeutics, manufacturer of naloxone—or Narcan, a nasal spray used to counteract deadly overdoses. These new advances have left some consumers wondering: Have company leaders grown a...
March 4, 2019