Article: OxyContin(R) Case Against Purdue Pharma Dismissed by California Judge; Claims Of Inadequate Warning and Aggressive Marketing Barred from State Court; Dismissal Caps Year of Legal Victories in State and Federal Courts For Purdue in Products Liability Litigation.

STAMFORD, Conn. -- STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- In an order filed Thursday, December 19, 2002, in the California Superior Court for Los Angeles County, Judge Malcolm H. Mackey entered a judgment in favor of Purdue Pharma L.P., the Stamford, Connecticut-based distributor of OxyContin(R) (oxycodone HCl controlled-release) Tablets, in an unfair trade practices case brought by a California resident claiming to represent all California consumers.

"This is an important decision for patients in California whose health and quality of life depend on the medications prescribed for them by their doctors," said Howard R. Udell, Executive Vice President and ...

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