Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families agreed Thursday to increase their financial contribution to $7.4 billion to resolve mass opioid litigation.

As the father of an 18-year-old girl who died from a single OxyContin pill in 2006 and as a creditor in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy proceeding, I must voice my strong disappointment in Illinois ...

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, ...

The deal comes after the Supreme Court blocked a controversial bankruptcy plan for Purdue that shielded Sackler family ...

Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits ...

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family will pay $7.4 billion for their role in the opioid epidemic. Delaware will receive over $27 million from the settlement. The settlement comes just shy of a ...

Jan. 23 (UPI) --The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma have agreed to pay a $7.4 billion settlement to end federal court claims filed by attorneys general on behalf of 15 states. New York Attorney ...

What Happened: Purdue Pharma developed and aggressively marketed OxyContin starting in the 1990s via medical sales reps whose job was to convince doctors to prescribe more of their drug.

The Sacklers and Purdue Pharma boosted their settlement contribution to $7.4 billion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a prior settlement in June 2024. If approved, the new plan would end ...

NEW YORK — Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the pain medication OxyContin caused a widespread ...