//OxyContin maker to plead guilty to 3 criminal charges, agrees to $8 billion settlement

OxyContin maker to plead guilty to 3 criminal charges, agrees to $8 billion settlement

Video above: OxyContin maker to pay $270M settlement in OklahomaPurdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $8 billion, Justice Department officials announced Wednesday.The company will plead guilty to three counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United