Supreme Court blocks $6 billion Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal

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August 11, 2023

Jayde Newton helps to set up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid abuse outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is taking place. (Seth Wenig/AP)

The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a $6 billion bankruptcy deal involving Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin. The deal gave the company's owners immunity from lawsuits. Payments to opioid victims will be put on hold.

Here & Now's Jane Clayson speaks with NPR addiction correspondent Brian Mann.

This segment aired on August 11, 2023.

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