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longtimefirsttime
07-20-2007, 09:46 PM
"Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, and three of its executives were ordered Friday to pay a $634.5 million fine for misleading the public about the painkiller's risk of addiction."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/20/oxycontin.plea.ap/index.html