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    OxyContin maker urges judges to stop release of secret marketing records

    A Kentucky appeals court Monday heard arguments over whether secret records on the marketing of OxyContin should be released to the public.
    by David Armstrong Jun 26, 2017 3 minutes

    FRANKFORT, Ky. — A state appeals court Monday heard arguments over whether secret records regarding the marketing of the powerful prescription opioid OxyContin should be released to the public.

    A three-judge panel of the Kentucky Court of Appeals is considering a request from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to overturn a lower court ruling ordering the release of the documents — the result of a motion filed by STAT. The records include a deposition of Dr. Richard Sackler, a former president of Purdue and a member of the family that owns the privately held Connecticut company.

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