Purdue Pharma Said to Offer Free Opioid Treatment in Legal Talks

The company that created OxyContin is offering free doses of an opioid-abuse treatment as part of its offer to resolve more than 1,000 lawsuits accusing the drugmaker of helping fuel the opioid crisis, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

Purdue Pharma LP has repeatedly said it will give away doses of a new version of buprenorphine — which helps wean people addicted to opioids off the drugs — as part of any settlement, according to four people familiar with the talks sponsored by state attorneys general and a federal judge. They asked not to be cited by name as ...