National OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges By MICHAEL BALSAMO and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Oct 21, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Purdue Pharma, the company behind the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin that experts say helped touch off…
Health 'Blood money'? Purdue settlement would rely on opioid sales By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press Sep 17, 2019 The tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma would raise money to help clean up the opioid mess by ... sell…