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Oxycodone, sold under various brand names such as Roxicodone, Endone, and OxyContin (which is the extended-release form), is a semi-synthetic opioid used medically for treatment of moderate to severe pain. It is highly addictive [14] and is a commonly abused drug.
Wright approved OxyContin for sale in 1995. Shortly after, he resigned from the FDA and took a job with the pharmaceutical company Alador. Then, in 1998, he was hired by Purdue Pharma as their ...
Netflix's 'Painkiller' is a story of the opioid crisis, and the role Purdue Pharma played in it. Dr. Curtis Wright was the FDA official who greenlit the drug.
June 27, 2024 at 11:35 AM. Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have been cast as prime villains in the U.S. opioid epidemic. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected ...
Massachusetts v. Purdue is a lawsuit filed on August 14, 2018, suing the Stamford, Connecticut-based company Purdue Pharma LP, which created and manufactures OxyContin, "one of the most widely used and prescribed opioid drugs on the market", and Purdue's owners, the Sacklers [1] accusing them of "widespread fraud and deception in the marketing of opioids, and contributing to the opioid crisis ...
Richard Stephen Sackler (born March 10, 1945) [1] is an American businessman and physician who was the chairman and president of Purdue Pharma, a former company best known as the developer of OxyContin, whose initiation of the opioid epidemic in the United States became the subject of many lawsuits and fines, filing for bankruptcy in 2019.
The Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits ...
Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have been cast as prime villains in the U.S. opioid epidemic. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a deal for the company to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids through bankruptcy court. The deal was to be financed largely through the company being converted ...