OxyContin maker Purdue seeks protection

By Mike Spector
Updated September 16 2019 - 1:48pm, first published 1:44pm
Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy protection in the opioid health crisis in the US.
Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy protection in the opioid health crisis in the US.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP has filed for bankruptcy protection in New York, succumbing to pressure from more than 2,000 lawsuits alleging the company helped fuel the deadly US opioid epidemic.

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