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End of an era: Purdue to stop marketing opioids to doctors

Purdue will no longer market its opioid painkillers to doctors, in a major about-face.
Source: Toby Talbot/AP

Purdue Pharmaceuticals, the maker of the opioid painkiller OxyContin, said it would no longer actively market opioid products — a major about-face for a company increasingly viewed as a principal culprit in the country’s addiction and overdose crisis.

The company said it is

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