U.S. District Judge Daniel Polster summoned pharma executives, law enforcement, government officials and lawyers to his court on Wednesday to forge a deal that would address the crisis and resolve more than 200 lawsuits
Purdue Pharma LP acknowledged in a letter that the maker of the opioid painkiller Oxycontin is in negotiations with state attorneys general over lawsuits accusing the company of creating a public-health crisis with its mishandling of the drug.