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More states agree to settlement plan for opioid-maker Purdue

by Geoff Mulvihill
| July 8, 2021 12:03 AM

More than a dozen states have dropped their longstanding objections to OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's reorganization plan, edging the company closer to resolving its bankruptcy case and transforming itself into a new entity that helps combat the U.S. opioid epidemic through its own profits.

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