Purdue Pharma seeks to halt opioid suits against company, Sacklers
September 18, 2019 at 19:27 PM EDT
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP on Wednesday asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge to halt for roughly nine months more than 2,600 lawsuits alleging the company and its controlling Sackler family helped fuel the U.S. opioid crisis, according to court documents.
