Sackler family, Purdue Pharma reach $7.4 billion settlement with 15 states over opioid crisis
The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with a bipartisan coalition of 15 states for fueling the opioid crisis, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday.
The individuals behind Purdue Pharma’s involvement in the U.S. opioid crisis reached a $7-billion settlement in January 2025.
In addition, the Sackler family members will no longer control Purdue, which was blamed for helping to jumpstart the opioid crisis through its marketing of OxyContin. The company was accused of ...
Sackler family, who owned pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, will no longer be in control of the company or permitted to sell opioids if the new settlement plan is approved ...
Prescription opioid overdoses have killed thousands of Utahns. A new settlement puts a price tag on their lives and could bring "justice" to their families." ...
Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a ...
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