Another company owned by the Sackler family – makers of OxyContin – has used misleading claims and drug reps dressed up as doctors to peddle its signature painkiller in China Continue reading →

There are still more than 2,600 other lawsuits seeking to hold the drug industry accountable for an opioid crisis that has been linked to more than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. alone since 2000. Continue reading →

Purdue lawyers secured permission for the multibillion-dollar company based in Stamford, Connecticut, to maintain business as usual — paying employees and vendors, supplying pills to distributors, and keeping current on taxes and insurance. Continue reading →

The filing was anticipated before and after the tentative deal, which could be worth up to US$12 billion over time, was struck. Continue reading →

New York said it has uncovered the previously unknown wire transfers among family members, entities they control and several financial institutions. Continue reading →

Purdue is among several drugmakers and distributors that are facing lawsuits, seeking to hold them responsible for fuelling the U.S. opioid addiction crisis. Continue reading →

Questions and answers about the opioid crisis and what lies ahead. Continue reading →

An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million. Continue reading →

Massachusetts alleges that Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, was considering selling a drug used to treat opioid addiction. Continue reading →