Westport News – Six of the state’s 10 largest cities, and hundreds of others across the country, have sued OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. So has Connecticut’s attorney general and more than 30 of his counterparts.
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Opioids: Boston trial opens what could be year of reckoning for executives
Purdue Pharma to research non-opioid treatments
Daily Heralds – Purdue Pharma, the controversial maker of OxyContin, and eyecare-pharmaceutical firm Ocular Therapeutix has announced a research partnership aiming to develop non-opioid pain treatments.
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For Olympic Athlete the Goal is Dual Degrees
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Investors Won’t Tolerate Corporate Misdeeds, Inhumanity
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Dean Mahoney ’09: A Passion for Entrepreneurship
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Purdue Pharma grapples with growing protests
Congressional Committee Investigates Purdue Pharma
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Studying for the Bar? Put Down the Phone — Or Not
ABA Journal– The days of attending bar review classes in person are waning, say law school deans, and recent graduates preparing for the bar now do a great deal of studying on smartphones with offerings like streamed lectures, flashcard apps and even YouTube songs devoted to thinking through statutes and case law.