.... She said it began when he was prescribed OxyContin for a back injury....

A judge formally approved a plan Friday to turn OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma into a new company no

For those who lost loved ones in the opioid crisis, making sure the family behind OxyContin maker

Also, victims of drug addiction can receive payments ranging from$ 3, 500 to$ 48, 000. The conclusion to the case left families conflicted, deflated and still angry.“ Am I happy they don’t have to admit guilt and give up all their money?... It doesn’t bring my son back and it doesn’t help those who are suffering.” In the first years after her son Jeff died of an overdose in 2017, all she wanted was vengeance.... While her anger remains, she is hopeful the settlement will finally bring help to

Drug Enforcement Administration Front of Counterfeit Xanax vs.... " We're seeing these pills being illegally sold in every state in the United States.... " Their color, their size, their markings are virtually identical to what a real prescription pill would look like." Social media platforms including Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram have been used to market the counterfeits to teenagers, the officials said....

States that were among the first to support earlier versions of the Purdue settlement are objecting to one key provision.... Even if Drain approves the settlement terms Wednesday, several legal hurdles remain before the company's entire bankruptcy reorganization plan is final. Like the original settlement, the new one requires members of the Sackler family who own Purdue to give up their ownership.... Most of the money is to be used by state and local governments to counter the crisis, althoug

1 protecting the company and the Sacklers from litigation.... The Stamford, Conn.-based company also asked Drain to protect it and the family from lawsuits while that is being sorted out.... A injunction previously in place was to expire Thursday....

The family is stretched across the world, with some assets held in foreign trusts.... And most people with claims that are found valid are expected to receive between$ 3, 500 and$ 48, 000. The company would also make public millions of internal documents, including communications with its lawyers.... “ Do you still say that the whole thing should be put aside for that creditor’s rights?...

Opioid-related overdose deaths have continued to climb, hitting 80, 000 in recent years.... Those settlements have totaled more than$ 50 billion. But the Purdue Pharma settlement would be one of only two so far that include direct payments to victims from a$ 750 million pool.... Payouts are expected to range from about$ 3, 500 to$ 48, 000. Sackler family members no longer are on the company’s board, and they have not received payouts from it since before Purdue Pharma entered bankruptcy....

immunity to pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, whose drug OxyContin has been at the heart of the