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Purdue Pharma will stop promoting its opioid drugs to doctors

Prescription opioid giant Purdue Pharma will stop promoting its opioid drugs to doctors, a retreat after years of criticism that the company's aggressive sales efforts helped lay the foundation for the U.S. addiction crisis.

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