News alert: OxyContin maker to plead guilty to federal criminal charges in $8 billion settlement

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News Alert Wednesday, October 21

OxyContin maker to plead guilty to federal criminal charges in $8 billion settlement

Purdue Pharma, the company whose OxyContin painkiller contributed to a nationwide opioid epidemic, has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges as part of a settlement with the government that includes fines of more than $8 billion, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

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