- August 22, 2002
- West Virginia Judge Dismisses
OxyContin® Case Against Purdue Pharma
Court rules: Purdue’s
warnings “clearly laid out “ risk of misuse; plaintiff’s illegal use of
OxyContin®
bars recovery.
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Full Story
- August 5, 2002
- Legal Victories for Purdue Pharma
Mount in OxyContin® Litigation
Ohio and Kentucky Cases Bring Dismissal Total to 13
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Full Story
- June 27, 2002
- Purdue Pharma Initiates National
Surveillance System to Track Diversion and Abuse of Controlled Pain
Medications
- Full Story
- June 26, 2002
- Another Legal Victory for Purdue
Pharma in OxyContin® Litigation
Louisiana Plaintiff Withdraws Lawsuit
- Full
Story
- June 25, 2002
- Purdue Pharma
Dedicates State-of-the-Art Research Center in New Jersey’s “Pharma
Corridor”
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Full Story
- June 18, 2002
- Purdue Pharma Provides Update on
Development of New Abuse-Resistant Pain Medications
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Full Story
- May 28, 2002
- Purdue Pharma Engages Giuliani
Partners As External Advisor
Issues To Be Addressed Include Combating Abuse and Diversion Of
Prescription Drugs and Systems Security
- Full
Story
- April 24, 2002
- Four More Purdue
Pharma Victories in OxyContin Litigation
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Full Story
- April 16, 2002
- Purdue Pharma Disputes DEA Analysis of
Medical Examiner Reports
- Full
Story
- March 28, 2002
- Targeting Abuse Might Also Help
Medicaid Program
The state of Kentucky may seek federal funding for a high-tech system
for tracking frequently abused prescription drugs, saving their Medicaid
program millions of dollars.
- Full Story
- February 28, 2002
- Class Action Denied in Kentucky
OxyContin Litigation; Judge Rules That Plaintiffs Failed All Legal Tests
- Full
Story
- February 6, 2002
- Purdue Pharma Announces $50,000 Prize
for Pain Research
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Full Story
- February 5, 2002
- Purdue Pharma Launches the Purdue
Pharma Fund to Focus Contributions on Pain Management
- Initial $3 Million Grant to
Massachusetts General Hospital Will Make Possible
Expanded, State-of-the-Art Pain Education, Treatment, and Research
Center
- Full
Story
- February 4, 2002
- OxyContin Lawsuit Dismissed in
Mississippi; Federal Court in Kentucky refuses Plaintiffs' Motion to
Send Case Back to State Court.
- Third Voluntary Dismissal of OxyContin
Litigation in Six Weeks; No Liability in Kentucky for Pharmaceutical
Sales Rep Merely Distributing OxyContin
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Full Story
- February, 2002
- Legislators in
Kentucky are considering a bill that would give police access to
confidential prescription records, as part of a campaign to eradicate
abuse of the pain-killer OxyContin.
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Full Story
at About Substance Abuse
- January 2, 2002
- Federal Judge in
Kentucky Rejects Injunction on OxyContin: Ruling protects patient access
to appropriate pain medications.
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Full Story
- December 3, 2001
- Purdue Pharma
Begins Clinical Studies of Abuse-Resistant Pain Medication Medications.
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Full Story
- November 12, 2001
- "Painfully
Obvious™" Campaign Warns Kids About The Dangers Of Abusing Prescription
Medications.
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Full Story
- October 23, 2001
- Drug Enforcement
Agency, 21 Health Groups Call for Balanced Policy on Prescription Pain
Medications like OxyContin. Goal Is to Protect Legitimate Use of
Prescription Drugs for Patients in Pain.
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Full Story
- August 22, 2001
Jenette Restivo, former About editor, interviews Michael John Coleman of
MAGNUM about the needs of chronic pain patients and the OxyContin abuse
issue.
ABC News Article
- August 21, 2001
Purdue Responds to Letter from
Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher
- August 8, 2001
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International Patent
Application To Be Published on Abuse-Resistant
Pain Reliever Being Developed by Purdue Pharma
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Full Story
- July 25, 2001
Purdue Pharma Restates Physician
Prescribing Information for OxyContin® Tablets
- May 4, 2001
Purdue Pharma Statement on DEA Program to Reduce Diversion
of OxyContin® Tablets
- May 10, 2001
Statement
Regarding Suspension of 160 mg OxyContin® Tablets
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