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Supreme Court blocks $6 billion Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal

Published August 11, 2023 at 7:33 AM MDT
Jayde Newton helps to set up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid abuse outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is taking place. (Seth Wenig/AP)
Jayde Newton helps to set up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid abuse outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is taking place. (Seth Wenig/AP)

The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a $6 billion bankruptcy deal involving Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin. The deal gave the company’s owners immunity from lawsuits. Payments to opioid victims will be put on hold.

Here & Now‘s Jane Clayson speaks with NPR addiction correspondent Brian Mann.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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