InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate OxyContin maker Purdue begins showdown to halt opioid lawsuits By financialnews_rlv83x - October 11, 2019 0 136 OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP will ask a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge on Friday to pause litigation against the company and its owners over the objections of U.S. states that allege the company is trying to protect the controlling Sackler family.