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Purdue Pharma Tentatively Settles Thousands of Opioid Cases

FILE -- The headquarters of Purdue Pharma in Stamford, Conn., on May 23, 2018. In 2019, Purdue Pharma and its owners, members of the Sackler family, have tentatively reached the first comprehensive settlement with lawyers representing thousands of municipal governments, tribes and states nationwide that are suing the pharmaceutical industry for the devastation resulting from the opioid epidemic. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)