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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to federal criminal charges, formally admitting role in opioid crisis

by Geoff Mulvihill
| November 24, 2020 10:03 AM

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty to federal criminal charges, formally admitting role in opioid crisis.