TAG / PURDUE

After generating more than $35 billion from OxyContin, Purdue is dismantled and restructured under court supervision. Funds will be directed to governments to address the damage left behind.

Purdue prepares to pay up, leaving unanswered questions about justice, accountability and how hundreds of thousands of lives might have been saved if regulators had acted sooner.

According to the DOJ, this is the first time a management consulting firm has been held criminally responsible for advice resulting in the commission of a crime by a client—in this case, Purdue.