Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy amid numerous lawsuits over opioid epidemic

12:30pm PDT - September 16th, 2019    purdue pharma - CBS News

Purdue Pharma, the company that made billions selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin, filed for bankruptcy late Sunday. The move came days after Purdue reached a tentative settlement with many state and local governments over the toll the opioid epidem…