Oregon AG Rosenblum accuses OxyContin maker of deceptive marketing

Purdue Pharma targeted Oregon seniors in a deceptive marketing campaign for the opioid painkiller OxyContin and lied to the Oregon Board to Pharmacy to boost its profits, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday. Purdue misrepresented the risks and benefits of the drug and engaged in a pattern of racketeering and other misleading activity, according to the complaint filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Rosenblum contends Purdue violated a stipulated Oregon judgment…
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