Fake pill bottles with messages about OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma are displayed during a protest outside the courthouse where the case was litigated. Photo / APFake pill bottles with messages about OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma are displayed during a protest outside the courthouse where the case was litigated. Photo / APA judge formally approved a plan Friday to turn OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma into a new company no longer owned by members of the Sackler family and with its profits going to fight the opioid epidemic. The logo for pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma at its offices in Stamford, Connecticut. Photo / APMembers of the Sackler family are also required to get out of the opioid business worldwide in time.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 18, 2021 06:22 UTC