New research from the University of Washington examines the behavior of prescription opioid companies following key events in Kentucky's lawsuit against Purdue Pharma.Pixabay Purdue Pharma is inextricably linked with the opioid crisis. Owned by the Sackler family, the company is known for aggressively and deceptively marketing opioids -OxyContin in particular - to prescribing doctors. Public scrutiny of Purdue Pharma's role in the opioid crisis increased sharply in the years following 2007, when the state of Kentucky filed a lawsuit against the company.

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