Newark, United States, April 29, 2026 (AFP) - US judge orders Purdue Pharma to pay billions ahead of bankruptcy

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2026-04-29

A US federal judge on Tuesday sentenced OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma to pay billions of dollars over its role in the opioid crisis, ahead of upcoming bankruptcy proceedings and its dissolution. The criminal sentencing caps off years of legal battles and paves the way for Purdue and its former owners, the Sackler family, to pay more than $8 billion as part of a settlement. Between 1999 and 2023, around 806,000 people died from opioid overdoses in......

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