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OxyContin / PurdueAtlas
Health & Medicine · Pharmaceutical industry
Purdue Pharma developed and marketed the prescription opioid painkiller OxyContin. A confidential Justice Department report found that Purdue Pharma knew about significant abuse of OxyContin in the early years after the drug’s introduction and concealed that information.
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- Documented · A confidential Justice Department report found that Purdue Pharma knew about significant abuse of OxyContin in the early years after the drug’s introduction and concealed that information.
- Documented · Company officials received reports that OxyContin pills were being crushed and snorted, stolen from pharmacies, and that some doctors were charged with selling prescriptions.
- Documented · Purdue Pharma developed and marketed the prescription opioid painkiller OxyContin.
- Documented · Reporting on Purdue has centered on how the company promoted OxyContin and what it knew about diversion and abuse.
- Documented · Unsealed Purdue Pharma documents have been used by journalists to reconstruct the company’s history with OxyContin.
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- Official · Purdue Pharma agreed to plead guilty to three criminal charges as part of a multi-billion-dollar settlement related to its opioid business.
- Official · Under the criminal resolution, Purdue Pharma was set to dissolve after a judge approved its sentence.
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- Documented · Richard Sackler defended Purdue’s marketing of OxyContin in recorded remarks later made public.