Purdue’s Guilty Plea Over OxyContin Marketing Accepted by Judge

Purdue Pharma LP entered its guilty plea to criminal charges over its marketing of OxyContin, the highly addictive painkiller blamed for helping spark the U.S. opioid epidemic.

• U.S. District Judge Madeline Arleo in Newark, New Jersey, Tuesday agreed to accept the drugmaker’s plea to three federal conspiracy charges over marketing campaigns for the opioid-based painkiller and internal monitoring of how the drug was used
• Steve Miller, Purdue’s chairman, acknowledged the company’s guilt in connection with conspiracies to defraud the U.S. and violate anti-kickback laws through its OxyContin marketing and monitoring efforts over a decade
• Arleo noted the company’s negotiated...