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Purdue Pharma to Pay $270 Million Settlement to Oklahoma

posted by martyb on Tuesday March 26 2019, @10:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-a-start dept.

takyon writes:

Purdue Pharma settles opioid lawsuit for $270m

Purdue Pharma, the drug-maker owned by the billionaire Sackler family, has reached a $270m settlement in a lawsuit which claimed its opioids contributed to the deaths of thousands of people.

The deal with Oklahoma is the first settlement the US firm has struck amid some 2,000 other lawsuits it is facing linked to its painkiller OxyContin.

Purdue is one of several firms named in the claim which alleged they used deceptive practices to sell opioids.

[...]Under the settlement, Purdue will pay $102.5m towards the creation of a National Centre for Addiction Studies and Treatment at Oklahoma State University.

The Sacklers themselves said that they will contribute $75m over five years to the centre.

Also at CNN and NBC.

Previously: OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma May File for Bankruptcy to Disrupt Lawsuits

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 26 2019, @11:58PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 26 2019, @11:58PM (#820410)

    If killing a few junkies is worth $270 million, what is an appropriate penalty for causing autism in millions of otherwise healthy and productive children?

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  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday March 27 2019, @12:09AM (1 child)

    by krishnoid (1156) on Wednesday March 27 2019, @12:09AM (#820413)

    Being forced to sit through the entire run of The Big Bang Theory, but only the Sheldon scenes?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @05:21AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @05:21AM (#820492)

      Being forced to sit through the entire run of The Big Bang Theory, but only the Sheldon scenes?

      Creative, but that sentence would be struck down in the US courts since the eighth amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @12:18AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @12:18AM (#820415)

    A gold medal.

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday March 27 2019, @01:54PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 27 2019, @01:54PM (#820630) Journal

      As long as I get to pin the medal on. As long as the medal has very long and sharp and many pins to hold it securely in place.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday March 27 2019, @05:46PM

    by cmdrklarg (5048) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 27 2019, @05:46PM (#820811)

    Nothing, as vaccines don't cause autism.

    Now, I'd like to know how much these pro-diseasers will have to pay for kids who are disabled or killed when they are infected by diseases preventable by vaccines.

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