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USA. Rudy Giuliani won deal for OxyContin maker to continue sales of drug behind opioid deaths

USA. Rudy Giuliani won deal for OxyContin maker to continue sales of drug behind opioid deaths 

The US government secured a criminal conviction against Purdue Pharma in the mid-2000s but failed to curb sales of the drug after Giuliani reached a deal to avoid a bar on Purdue doing business. (Guardian, UK, 22.05.2018)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/22/rudy-giuliani-opioid-epidemic-oxycontin-purdue-pharma