PHARMA EXECS FEEL NO PAIN
On June 12, the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma were sued by the Massachusetts attorney general, who alleges that the company knowingly misled doctors and consumers about the dangers of its product. (Purdue denied the claim.) This evokes an earlier, separate—and revealing—case against the company.
In 2007, Purdue Pharma’s parent company admitted to a felony charge of lying about OxyContin’s potential for abuse and addiction, while marketing the drug. But the Justice Department allowed three
