Originally published September 18, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified September 18, 2007 at 9:49 PM
PrintState's share of OxyContin deal: $2.7 million
Attorney General Rob McKenna says Washington state will collect about $2.7 million from a settlement with the makers of the painkiller OxyContin...
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Rob McKenna says Washington state will collect about $2.7 million from a settlement with the makers of the painkiller OxyContin.
It's part of $160 million that Purdue Pharma L.P. agreed to pay to federal and state Medicaid programs to cover false claims.
The settlement was reached earlier this year when Purdue and three of its current and former executives pleaded guilty to federal charges of misleading the public about the drug's risk of addiction.
OxyContin, a trade name for oxycodone, is a time-release painkiller that can be highly addictive.
Designed to be swallowed whole and digested over 12 hours, the pills can produce a heroinlike high if crushed and then swallowed, snorted or injected.
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