Opioid maker Purdue Pharma shuts down as part of legal settlement with NY and other states ^95.2%

Gothamist - By Joe Hong - 5/1/2026, 7:53 PM

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Purdue Pharma officially ended operations Friday, a year after the Sackler family reached a $7.4 billion settlement with a coalition of state attorneys general, including New York's, for the company’s role in fueling the opioid crisis. “Under the Sacklers’ control, Purdue developed, manufactured and then misleadingly marketed its deadly... more