Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
Purdue Pharma L.P., formerly the Purdue Frederick Company (1892–2019), was an American privately held pharmaceutical company founded by John Purdue Gray. It was sold to Arthur , Mortimer , and Raymond Sackler in 1952, and then owned principally by the Sackler family and their descendants.
December 4, 2023 at 2:43 AM. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma to determine whether a bankruptcy court can discharge claims against a party that ...
Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson. Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., (Docket No. 23-124), is a pending United States Supreme Court case regarding Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. [1] This case is about the settlement by Purdue Pharmaceutical for Opioid victims who overdosed with the OxyContin drug produced by their company.
Purdue’s lawyer said the net worth of the “small number” Sackler family members who served as directors and officers in the company in the US is roughly $1.2 billion. A decision in the case ...
The Sackler family is an American family who owned the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma and later founded Mundipharma. Purdue Pharma, and some members of the family, have faced lawsuits regarding overprescription of addictive pharmaceutical drugs, including OxyContin.
Supreme Court justices appeared divided over Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy deal Monday, questioning whether it can immunize the Sackler family from civil lawsuits for their role in the opioid crisis.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a challenge by President Joe Biden's administration to the legality of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement ...
Curtis Wright IV (born in 1949) is an American former government official known for his role in the Food and Drug Administration's approval of OxyContin for Purdue Pharma in 1995, followed by his subsequent employment by the company, which led to portrayals in films and reports in nonfiction books, magazines, and news media outlets of his alleged role as one of the key figures in the current ...