Purdue Pharma Files Guilty Plea, Agrees to Pay $8.3 Billion in Opioid Compensation

Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of opioid painkiller OxyContin, recently reached an agreement with the Department of Justice pending approval by a bankruptcy court. The agreement serves as the first step in resolving a protracted legal battle over the drug manufacturer’s role in the country’s opioid epidemic. The drugmaker pleaded guilty to a wide range of […]