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Purdue Pharma

03/16/2017 / By Vicki Batts

City files landmark lawsuit against the makers of OxyContin

OxyContin has practically become synonymous with the opioid epidemic currently plaguing the United States. The infamous drug’s manufacturer, Purdue Pharma, reportedly reeled in over $3 billion in profits from OxyContin by 2010 — but these profits have come with a deadly price. In 2015, over 15,000 people died from an overdose involving a prescribed opioid […]

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