With Opioid Litigation Mounting, Purdue Pharma Exploring Bankruptcy: Reuters March 4, 2019 By Mike Spector and Jessica DiNapoli OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is exploring filing for bankruptcy to address potentially significant liabilities from thousands of lawsuits alleging...
Purdue Includes Free Opioid Treatment Drugs in Settlement Offer September 14, 2018 By Jef Feeley and Jared S. Hopkins The company that created OxyContin is offering free doses of an opioid-abuse treatment as part of its offer to resolve...
OxyContin Makers to Settle Lawsuit with Kentucky for $24 Million December 29, 2015 By Adam Beam The maker of OxyContin will pay Kentucky $24 million over the next eight years as part of the settlement of...
Kentucky Lawsuit Against Oxycontin Makers Stalled by Deadline Dispute April 1, 2015 By Adam Beam What does it cost to miss a deadline? For the company that makes the prescription painkiller Oxycontin, the answer could...
Kentucky OxyContin Case Against Purdue Pharma Leads Fight Over Opioid Abuse October 22, 2014 By David Armstrong No one rises as Circuit Judge Steven Combs enters his courtroom in Pikeville, Kentucky. Combs wears a white shirt and...