OxyContin maker Purdue gets brief shield from litigation
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(Reuters) - OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP won a court order on Friday briefly pausing the sprawling opioid litigation against the company so it can try to make headway on its proposed legal settlement that it says is worth $10 billion (7.9 billion pounds).The company and its controlling Sackler family have been accused in more than 2,600 lawsuits, mostly brought by states and local governments, of improper marketing of its opioid products and fuelling a nationwide crisis.The plaintiffs in the..