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BOSTON (Reuters) -McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the consulting firm's work advising opioid manufacturer OxyContin maker ...
OxyContin first hit the market in 1996, and Purdue Pharma’s aggressive marketing of it is often cited as a catalyst of the nationwide opioid epidemic, with doctors persuaded to prescribe ...
Prosecutors said the company gave Purdue Pharma advice on how to "turbocharge" sales of OxyContin. McKinsey to pay $650m to settle opioid charges Skip to main content
Massachusetts v. Purdue is a lawsuit filed on August 14, 2018, suing the Stamford, Connecticut-based company Purdue Pharma LP, which created and manufactures OxyContin, "one of the most widely used and prescribed opioid drugs on the market", and Purdue's owners, the Sacklers [1] accusing them of "widespread fraud and deception in the marketing of opioids, and contributing to the opioid crisis ...
Purdue Pharma introduced 10mg prescriptions of OxyContin in 1996 and marketed it as a nonaddictive drug to treat daily pain. In 2000, the company introduced a 160mg tablet – now discontinued.
In 1984, its extended-release formulation of morphine, MS Contin was released. OxyContin was released in 1996 after Curtis Wright, an employee of the Food and Drug Administration [23] approved its use on a 12-hour dosage cycle. [24] Around the time of OxyContin's release, the American Pain Society introduced its "pain as fifth vital sign" campaign.
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Purdue Pharma’s aggressive marketing of OxyContin, a powerful prescription painkiller that hit the market in 1996, is often cited as a catalyst of a nationwide opioid epidemic, persuading ...