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Company: Purdue Pharma
Current Parent Company: Purdue Pharma
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Penalty: $24,000,000
Year: 2015
Date: December 23, 2015
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: drug or medical equipment safety violation
Violation Description: Purdue Pharma agreed to pay $24 million to settle allegations that it misrepresented and concealed the highly addictive nature of OxyContin.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Kentucky Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Kentucky
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Connecticut
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Source of Data: Attorney General Conway Announces Two Pharmaceutical Settlements Totaling $39.5M, US Fed News, May 23, 2015 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.