15 States Reach a $4.5B Settlement with Oxycontin Maker Purdue Pharma

Re:15 States Reach a $4.5B Settlement with Oxycontin Maker P... by groby_b on Thursday July 08, 2021 @10:45AM (#27772601)

Meanwhile, the Sacklers (the family behind Purdue) made $10+ billion from Oxycontin and only need to pay $3b, spaced over the next 7 years.

That just happens to be a conservative 4% return on those $10b.

It pays to be a drug dealer, if you do it at sufficient scale

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Re:15 States Reach a $4.5B Settlement with Oxycontin Maker P... by bredren on Thursday July 08, 2021 @11:31AM (#27773252)

While it does appear that family has gotten away with horrific spoils, their story is not over yet.

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Re:15 States Reach a $4.5B Settlement with Oxycontin Maker P... by ixacto on Thursday July 08, 2021 @12:52PM (#27774643)

In 3-5 years the pr campaign will start up for some of the younger family members who just donated $$$millions to a local hospital or cancer research center.

Then another pr piece on how one of them is an art collector or saving the whales.

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