UPDATE 5-OxyContin maker Purdue reaches $270 mln settlement in Oklahoma opioid case
March 26, 2019 at 15:45 PM EDT
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and members of the wealthy Sackler family that own the company reached a $270 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit brought by the state of Oklahoma accusing the drugmaker of fueling an opioid abuse epidemic.