Documented conspiracy

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.

Scores

LSI: 78
ESI: 68
PI: —
Prominence: 82

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Timeline

2013-08-11 · amplificationLA Times publishes Purdue and OxyContin timeline
2018-05-29 · document_releaseReporting on confidential DOJ findings about early abuse knowledge
2019-08-27 · document_releaseVideo of Richard Sackler defending OxyContin marketing released
2019-12-03 · document_releaseSTAT reconstructs OxyContin history from unsealed Purdue documents
2020 · investigationCriminal case and settlement path toward company dissolution
2020-10 · eventPurdue to plead guilty to three criminal charges in large settlement

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