Purdue Seeks Another Extension Of Mediation On New Plan
By Rick Archer · October 23, 2024, 7:26 PM EDT
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is asking a New York bankruptcy judge for another month to try to work out a replacement for its Chapter 11 plan and opioid settlement that were...
Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy after reaching a settlement deal to end over 2,600 lawsuits that accused the maker of OxyContin of fueling a national opioid addiction crisis. In June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Purdue's Chapter 11 plan finding non-debtor third parties, like Purdue's former owners the Sackler family, aren't authorized to receive non-consensual liability waivers under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Case Number
19-bk-23649
Judge
Sean H. Lane
Venue
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York