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Judge Weighs Near-Unanimous Push to End Opioid Lawsuits
A yearslong legal battle over Purdue Pharma’s role in the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic is approaching a climactic end, as lawyers from nearly every side urged a bankruptcy judge Friday to approve a sweeping…
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About Purdue Pharma
Purdue Pharma L.P., formerly the Purdue Frederick Company (1892–2019), was an American privately held pharmaceutical company founded by John Purdue Gray. It was sold to Arthur, Mortimer and Raymond Sackler in 1952, and then owned principally by the Sackler family, and their descendants.
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