OxyContin

A former McKinsey senior partner is also set to plead guilty to obstruction of justice.

Nearly 645,000 people died from opioid overdoses in the United States between 1999 and 2021.

Commentary Canadian harm reduction activists believe that “safer supply” can reduce overdoses and deaths by providing addicts with ...

Commentary The government of British Columbia is off on another lengthy legal boondoggle as it seeks to make ...

The Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma LP have proposed a new and larger settlement worth up to ...

BOSTON—A unit of French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA on Friday lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit ...

Objections to a historic settlement with Purdue Pharma are mounting in the form of appeals, with Rhode Island's ...

A bankruptcy judge on Monday approved up to $7.1 million in bonuses for five executives of Purdue Pharma, ...

LAS VEGAS—Nevada has struck a $45 million settlement deal with McKinsey & Company for the global consulting firm's ...

Two members of the wealthy Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP offered apologies on Thursday ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed his support for Dominic Barton on Tuesday when he was asked about ...

Purdue Pharma LP pleaded guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription painkiller OxyContin, capping ...

Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally taking responsibility for its part in an opioid ...

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma should not be able to make any more political contributions without a judge's permission, ...

Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, which recently filed for bankruptcy after thousands of lawsuits alleged that the company helped fuel an ...

NEW YORK—Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma recently filed for bankruptcy as part of an agreement to pay back billions ...

Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma—which made billions of dollars selling its prescription painkiller OxyContin—has filed for bankruptcy after giving way ...

Purdue Pharma LP fraudulently transferred funds to members of the wealthy Sackler family who control the OxyContin maker ...

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman filed a lawsuit on Sept. 6 against the creator of OxyContin for playing ...

Learning her son was a heroin addict left Melissa Forsyth in a state of depression. "I just never ...

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Pennsylvania's fight against opioid addiction may include a measure that could pave the way to more expensive ...

What do conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, singer Courtney Love, and deceased actor Heath Ledger all have ...

Abuse of opium products obtained from poppy plants dates back centuries, but today we are witnessing the first ...

Prescription painkillers are a leading cause of the American heroin epidemic, and a key issue in the New ...

In the early years of my clinical practice as a psychologist treating heroin users, I commonly saw adolescents ...

The opioid drug OxyContin was changed to make it harder for people to abuse, but the modification had ...

In my first career as a pharmacist, I worked in more than 30 pharmacies across Nova Scotia, filling ...