For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid OxyContin for the treatment of chronic pain.

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a ...

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription ...

He quotes Andreessen as having said something to the effect of: “I’m glad there’s OxyContin and video games to keep those people quiet.” Perlstein went on to note that he may have ...

Colorado Department of Transportation plow drivers came to the rescue when they stopped a police chase on Interstate 70. Brendon Fooks is a suspect in connection with a robbery out of Lakewood ...

and Oxycontin he’d been using for decades. He also talks about “scamming” his doctor into prescribing him ADHD medication despite no ADHD diagnosis. The feature also addresses the Lemonheads ...

Five Purdue Pharma LP patents covering an abuse-resistant OxyContin formulation that reduces the opiod’s toxicity are invalid, the Federal Circuit said Monday. Circuit Judge Sharon Prost, writing for ...

When the Varsity Blues scandal hit in 2019, it rocked American academia in unprecedented ways. The federal case alleged that wealthy parents cheated to get their kids into elite universities.

BOSTON – McKinsey & Company consulting firm has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work to help opioids manufacturer Purdue Pharma boost the sales of the highly ...

Examples of other schedule II drugs are methadone, oxycodone such as OxyContin or Percocet), fentanyl, morphine, opium, codeine and hydrocodone, reported the Diversion Control Division of the ...

They lost their son Davis in March 2014. “He had a neck injury, and during that neck injury he was prescribed oxycontin. He took it as prescribed,” Missy said. “And he started taking the ...