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Sackler Family Members Still Aren’t Taking Responsibility for the OxyContin Crisis

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By Emma Ockerman
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Purdue Pharma, the Maker of OxyContin, Will Plead Guilty for Fueling the Opioid Crisis

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By Emma Ockerman
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By Emma Ockerman
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Attorneys General Really, Really, Really Want to Keep Suing Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers

10.04.19

By Emma Ockerman
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Why Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Won’t Save the Sacklers, the Billionaire Family Behind OxyContin

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By Emma Ockerman
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States Say Thanks but No Thanks to Purdue Pharma’s “Insultingly Weak” Settlement Offer

09.12.19

By Emma Ockerman
News

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09.09.19

By Emma Ockerman
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Purdue Pharma May Be Willing to Shell Out $10-12 Billion to Skip a Huge Opioid Trial

08.28.19

By Emma Ockerman
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A Friend Once Warned the Billionaire Behind OxyContin That He “Could Become Pablo Escobar of the New Millennium”

05.29.19

By Emma Ockerman
Drugs

Ruthless Capitalists Can’t Donate Their Way Out of Trouble Anymore

04.10.19

By Alex Norcia
Health

Big Pharma’s Millions Won’t Solve the Opioid Crisis

04.10.19

By Maia Szalavitz

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