Pharma Company Fined 8 Billion but Makes 35 Billion on Oxycontin

Purdue Pharma gets fined 8 billion for their involvement in the horrendous US opioid epidemic, but they made about 35 billion over the course of 20 years. The company marketed Oxycontin as being less than 1% addictive to patients (when reality it was closer to 40-50%). No jail, just a fine and go home. This is a great lesson for future medical professionals, don't trust big pharma.

Oxycontin Maker to Plead Guilty
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/business/purdue-pharma-guilty-plea/index.html

Cost of Substance Abuse in the US
https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/costs-substance-abuse

The Promotion and Marketing of OxyContin: Commerical Triumph, Public Health Tragedy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/

Purdue Pharma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma

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