OxyContin Goes Global — “We’re only just getting started”
As business declines amidst an opioid epidemic in America, Purdue Pharma’s owners the Sackler family are pursuing a new strategy: putting OxyContin in medicine cabinets around the world.
As business declines amidst an opioid epidemic in America, Purdue Pharma’s owners the Sackler family are pursuing a new strategy: putting OxyContin in medicine cabinets around the world.
Harriet Ryan, Lisa Girion, Scott Glover LA Times Dec 2016 15min Permalink
Purdue Pharma’s marketing materials say OxyContin works for 12 hours. It doesn’t. And this problem, long-denied by the drugmaker, is what makes it highly addictive.
Harriet Ryan, Lisa Girion, Scott Glover Los Angeles Times May 2016 25min Permalink