OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday night, succumbing to pressure from more than 2,600 lawsuits alleging...
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U.S. drug overdose deaths had been most common in Appalachia and other rural areas in recent years, but they are...
Massachusetts took Purdue Pharma LP to task in a Boston courtroom Friday, blaming the opioid maker and the billionaire Sackler...
Fewer injured workers are receiving opioids to treat pain than in previous years, as medical providers are turning more to...
Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation’s...
The billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma LP must face a New York lawsuit claiming they triggered the U.S. opioid epidemic,...
WELCH, West Virginia —The opioid epidemic that has so far killed half a million Americans is routinely blamed on greedy...
In a common narrative of the path to opioid misuse, people become addicted to painkillers after a doctor prescribed them...
Federal prosecutors unveiled the first criminal charges against pharmaceutical executives for illegally diverting opioids, accusing the former chief executive officer...
A physician ally of Purdue Pharma LP whose views helped drive the explosive growth in the use of addictive pain...