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Judge rejects Purdue Pharma's opioid settlement that would protect Sackler family

By Steve Inskeep,

Brian Mann

Published December 17, 2021 at 6:26 AM EST

Purdue Pharma, maker of the highly addictive OxyContin, is keeping secret the results of an investigation of the Sacklers. Critics want the findings made public. — A federal judge on Thursday, rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement of thousands of lawsuits over the opioid epidemic because of a provision that would protect members of the Sackler family from lawsuits.

A federal judge has overturned the $4.5 billion settlement between Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin, and the Sackler family, that would have protected the family from litigation of their own.