Legal defense costs: $400 million

That’s how much Purdue Pharma has reportedly spent in legal fees in its generally successful defense of its painkiller Oxycontin against product liability assault (Lattman, Jun. 14). See our earlier post of Sept. 28, 2004, at which point the meter had reached $250 million.

That’s how much Purdue Pharma has reportedly spent in legal fees in its generally successful defense of its painkiller Oxycontin against product liability assault (Lattman, Jun. 14). See our earlier post of Sept. 28, 2004, at which point the meter had reached $250 million.

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