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Major opioid maker to pay for overdose-antidote development
CDC: 72,000 killed in overdoses last year
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This 2007 file photo shows the Purdue Pharma offices in Stamford, Conn. On Wednesday, the company, whose prescription opioid marketing practices are being blamed for sparking a nationwide overdose and addiction crisis says it’s helping to fund an effort to make a lower-cost overdose antidote. - photo by Associated Press
A company whose prescription opioid marketing practices are being blamed for sparking the addiction and overdose crisis says it's helping to fund an effort to make a lower-cost overdose antidote.
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