The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement ...
The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma have agreed to pay a $7.4 billion settlement to end federal court claims filed by ...
The individuals behind Purdue Pharma's involvement in the U.S. opioid crisis reached a $7-billion settlement in January 2025.
The settlement, in principle, would not shield Purdue Pharma or the Sackler family from additional liability over their role in the opioid crisis.
The latest settlement is meant to address a drug addiction crisis that has led to over 700,000 opioid overdose deaths in the US over the past two decades.
A new $7.4 billion settlement with states has been reached with Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners. We'll unpack.
The agreement, announced Thursday, would require the Sackler family to pay $6.5 billion over the next 15 years and an additional nearly $900 million from Purdue Pharma following its emergence from ...
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 ...
Bankrupt Purdue Pharma LP and members of the billionaire Sackler family agreed to pay $7.4 billion to a group of US states, ...