Ottawa pushed to prosecute Purdue Pharma over 'deceptive' marketing of OxyContin

Monday, July 31, 2017 - 18:52 in Mathematics & Economics

A decade ago, OxyContin's drugmaker Purdue Pharma settled civil and criminal suits in the U.S. for more than $600 million US. After a recently proposed $20 million settlement in Canada, doctors and lawyers here are calling for criminal prosecution.

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