During Feb. 11’s board of supervisors meeting, Monroe County Emergency Management Agency Director Tracy Pharr addressed a new ...

Despite a recently-agreed $7.4 billion settlement, the Sackler family has yet to fully account for its role in America's ...

Young, urban and poor women in Puerto Rico are highly vulnerable to substance dependency and suffer most in the opioid crisis ...

After decades of research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals now has an approved pain medication. Can one of the world’s most powerful ...

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement, officials in Mass. and other states said.

Potentially $57 million, according to a proposed settlement agreement with the family that once owned Purdue Pharma and has been sued by several states to account for its role in the opioid crisis.

The family-owned Purdue Pharma became a household name in the US as the maker and promoter of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, which was promoted as safe, despite being aware it was highly ...

Potentially $57 million, according to a proposed settlement agreement with the family that once owned Purdue Pharma and has been sued by several states to account for its role in the opioid crisis.

In the latest twist in its efforts to wrap up years of high-profile opioid litigation, the billionaire family behind the now-bankrupt Purdue Pharma, the Sacklers, has come back from last year’s ...

A bipartisan coalition of states has reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their former company Purdue Pharma over their role in the opioid crisis.

The Sackler family owned and operated Purdue Pharma, LLP, which manufactured OxyContin and advertised the drug as being less addictive. The drug’s effects and use has been far-reaching because ...

The Sacklers, the family that has long owned Purdue Pharma, have for years tried to evade accountability for the opioid crisis. In a virtual hearing in December 2020, members of the family issued an ...