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Company: Purdue Pharma L.P.
Current Parent Company: Purdue Pharma
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Penalty: $2,150,000
Year: 2002
Date: November 1, 2002
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: opioid crisis litigation
Violation Description: Purdue Pharma L.P. agreed to pay $2 million for a computer monitoring program and $150,000 for training programs to deal with the abuse and diversion of prescription drugs (namely Oxycontin); this settled an investigation Florida opened in 2001 without any allegations being named.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Florida Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Florida
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Connecticut
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pharmaceuticals
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