In a widerangingsettlementwiththeDepartmentofJustice, PurduePharmaagreedtopleadguiltytocriminalchargesoverthehandlingofitsaddictiveprescriptionopioidOxyContinin a dealwithUSprosecutorsthatstoppedshortofcriminallychargingitsexecutivesorwealthySacklerfamilyowners.
TheglobalsettlementannouncedtodayinvolvesthecompanypleadingguiltytothreefelonycountsfordefraudingtheUnitedStatesandviolatingtheantikickbackstatutefrom 2000 and 9 to 2017.
In a widerangingsettlementwiththeDepartmentofJustice, PurduePharmaagreedtopleadguiltytocriminalchargesoverthehandlingofitsaddictiveprescriptionopioidOxyContinin a dealwithUSprosecutorsthatstoppedshortofcriminallychargingitsexecutivesorwealthySacklerfamilyowners.