Oxycontin Maker To Pay $600 Million In Guilty Plea To Addiction "Misbranding"

Oxycontin Maker To Pay $600 Million In Guilty Plea To Addiction "Misbranding"

The company that makes the narcotic painkiller OxyContin and three current and former executives pleaded guilty today in federal court here to criminal charges that they misled regulators, doctors and patients about the drug's risk of addiction and its potential to be abused.

To resolve criminal and civil charges related to the drug's "misbranding", the parent of Purdue Pharma, the company that markets OxyContin, agreed to pay some $600 million in fines and other payments, one of the largest amounts ever paid by a drug company in such a case.

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