OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges
10:03am PDT - October 21st, 2020 purdue pharma - Google NewsPurdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $8 billion.