OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma accused of deceiving patients and doctors

The documents add new details about former Purdue Pharma President Richard Sackler's role in overseeing sales of OxyContin.

BOSTON - A member of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma told people gathered at the prescription opioid painkiller's launch party in the 1990s that it would be "followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition."

That's according to court documents filed Tuesday in a case brought by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey that accuses Purdue Pharma and its executives of deceiving patients and doctors about the risks of opioids.

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The documents add new details about former Purdue Pharma President Richard Sackler's role in overseeing sales of OxyContin.

Purdue Pharma accused the attorney general's office of cherry-picking from millions of emails and documents to create "biased and inaccurate characterizations" of the company and its executives. The company said it will "aggressively defend against these misleading allegations."

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