WASHINGOTN -- The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin said it will stop marketing opioid drugs to doctors.
The announcement came as a surprise reversal following lawsuits that blamed the company for helping trigger the current drug abuse epidemic.
OxyContin has long been the world's top-selling opioid painkiller and generated billions in sales for privately-held Purdue.
Maker of Oxycontin to cease marketing efforts to doctors
PUBLISHED February 11, 2018 @3:39 PM