West Virginia, Maryland, Kansas, Iowa and Wisconsin are coordinating their efforts to seek compensation from the company, an official said.
By Lenny Bernstein Lenny Bernstein Reporter covering health and medicine Email Bio Follow May 16 at 11:49 AM Five states announced Thursday that they would sue Purdue Pharma and a member of the Sackler family that controls the drug company, accusing them of deceptively pushing powerful painkillers and misrepresenting the drugs’ safety as they sparked the opioid crisis.
“Even when it became apparent that thousands of people were dying of opioid abuse, Purdue doubled down by continuing its relentless and deceptive campaign” to persuade doctors to write prescriptions for its powerful narcotic, OxyContin, Morrisey said. Spokesmen for Purdue and Sackler did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday morning.
Purdue’s president and chief executive, Craig Landau, said in March that declaring bankruptcy is an option the company might have to explore if jury verdicts or settlements become too costly. The legal actions add to the list of states seeking compensation for the deaths and damage from the two-decade old drug crisis that began after Purdue introduced its powerful painkiller, OxyContin, in 1996, and aggressively promoted the drug to physicians for a wide variety of aches and pains.
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