Pur­due Phar­ma pleads guilty in fed­er­al Oxy­Con­tin probe, for­mal­ly rec­og­niz­ing it played a part in the opi­oid cri­sis

Pur­due Phar­ma, the pro­duc­er of the pre­scrip­tion painkiller Oxy­Con­tin, ad­mit­ted Tues­day that, yes, it did con­tribute to Amer­i­ca’s opi­oid epi­dem­ic.

The drug­mak­er for­mal­ly plead­ed guilty …

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