$7.4B Purdue opioid settlement goes into effect after years of litigation

The OxyContin maker will be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good as part of the massive legal settlement resolving thousands of lawsuits.

NEWARK, N.J. — A $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family over their role in the nationwide opioid crisis now legally in effect. 

The OxyContin maker will be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good as part of the massive legal settlement resolving thousands of lawsuits.

A federal judge on Tuesday delivered a criminal sentence to the company to resolve a

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