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Purdue’s move could create some leverage if there’s an eventual settlement and may help the company as it argues for a lower payment. (Photo: Shutterstock)Purdue Pharma LP’s decision to stop promoting its opioid drugs to doctors is being hailed as the first result of a judge’s push for concrete solutions to a nationwide epidemic, even though the company says the move has nothing to do with a massive lawsuit against drugmakers.
On Feb. 9 Purdue announced it would lay off 200 salespeople and halt marketing of its much-abused OxyContin painkiller in doctors’ offices, a week after U.S. District Judge Dan Polster in Cleveland met with drugmakers fighting hundreds of opioid lawsuits filed by cities and counties.
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