Sacklers and Purdue Pharma Reach New Deal with States Over Opioids

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Members of the billionaire Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma, have reached a deal with a group of states that had long resisted the company’s bankruptcy plan — a crucial step toward funneling billions of dollars from the family’s fortune to addiction treatment programs nationwide, according to a court filing on Thursday. If Judge… Continue reading Sacklers and Purdue Pharma Reach New Deal with States Over Opioids