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Fairfield County-Based Purdue Pharma Sued For Alleged Illegal Conduct Fairfield County-Based Purdue Pharma Sued For Alleged Illegal Conduct
Fairfield County-Based Purdue Pharma Sued For Alleged Illegal Conduct A lawsuit has been filed against a prominent pharmaceutical company that allegedly misrepresented its products - including OxyContin - as being more benign than they are for decades. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced a lawsuit against Stamford-based Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma Inc., and Purdue Fredrick Company, Inc. on Tuesday.  The company allegedly took part in a “decades-long and continuing pattern of persistent deceptive and illegal conduct, whereby Purdue's misled prescribers and patients about the risks of its opioids, including OxyConti…

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