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March 4, 2022

Purdue Pharma, Sackler Family Reach New Settlement with States over Opioid Epidemic
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Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family have agreed to a new $6 billion
deal with a group of states that previously rejected the company's
bankruptcy plan. Like previous deals, money would go toward addiction
treatment, and the Sacklers would give up control of Purdue, maker of
Oxy Contin. It would also shield the billionaire Sackler family from
current and future civil suits over their role in fueling the
devastating opioid epidemic.


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