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The company was increasingly concerned about a televised trial in Oklahoma, where charges that it deceptively marketed OxyContin would be on full display in a state hit hard by the opioid crisis. By cutting the deal, Purdue pushed its day of reckoning to the fall when the first trial from the 1,600 cases that have been consolidated in a federal court in Ohio will face a jury.A Purdue representative did not respond to a request for comment about the settlement.
KenPaxtonTX Did you sue the Sackler drug lord family business for creating an opioid epidemic?
hopefully the 1600? cases 2 follow include richly deserved prison sentences + drained fortunes. sickler in deed
MSNBC Opioids are death.dumbassdrug
the Sackler family is worth $14 BILLION ... (1 billion = 1000 million) ... $275 million is pocket change to these monsters (the cost of doing business) they should be in prison for murder
This is a paltry $$$ amount. This BigPharmaDrugCartel is responsible for how many deaths? The Sackler family must be charged with murder. They are worse than El Chapo! Their names should be taken off hospital wings, museums, etc.More crooks pretending to be philanthropists.
The Sacklers should have their assets stripped and they should be thrown in prison for mass murder. I'm not kidding.
AudreyGarden We need to start putting executives in jail for their crimes. Fining isn't a deterrent.
MSNBC This is the first of many!
A paltry settlement for all the damage they’ve willfully caused. Why aren’t they in jail? The rich skate again. purduepharma
MSNBC Tear them down! They have intended what they’ve done, for money, ruined lives and futures and hopes. They should be banished! BanishThem
MSNBC Purdue Pharma is killing Americans.
$270M is nothing after making Billions hooking Americans to OxyContin. Ohio
MSNBC Where are the criminal indictments?
MSNBC Why is this company still allowed to sell opiods?
MSNBC One down, 49 to go. Plus D.C. and Puerto Rico.
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