PURDUE PHARMA AND THE OPIOID CRISIS
The history of Purdue Pharma is a cautionary tale of pharmaceutical innovation gone awry, leading to a devastating public health crisis. Founded in 1892 as a small pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma gained notoriety for its development of OxyContin, a potent opioid painkiller that would ultimately contribute to an unprecedented wave of addiction, overdose deaths, and […]