How A Bankruptcy Deal Could Offer Clean Slate For Opioid Billionaires

How A Bankruptcy Deal Could Offer Clean Slate For Opioid Billionaires
How A Bankruptcy Deal Could Offer Clean Slate For Opioid Billionaires

How A Bankruptcy Deal Could Offer Clean Slate For Opioid Billionaires

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A federal bankruptcy judge says he’ll rule Wednesday in the case of Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin. The company is owned by the Sackler family, who are at the center of a national reckoning over the deadly opioid epidemic.

NPR addiction correspondent Brian Mann has been covering the story of Purdue Pharma for years, and explains how the Sacklers may emerge from Purdue’s bankruptcy proceedings with their personal fortunes in tact. Find more of Brian’s reporting here or follow him on Twitter @BrianMannADK.


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