Published on: 02/04/2025
This news was posted by Oregon Today News
Description
By Damaly Gonzalez | Edited by Tina Vasquez
Before OxyContin hit the U.S. mainland market, the drug’s creator, Purdue Pharma, owned by the infamous Sackler family, tested the painkiller in Puerto Rico in 1989. The test subjects were 90 Puerto Rican women who consented to participate in the clinical trials while hospitalized and recovering from abdominal and gynecological surgery.
News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/palabra/2025/02/women-in-puerto-rico-bear-unique-burdens-in-the-opioid-crisis.html
Other Related News
09/30/2026
SALEM Ore KATU A Marion County grand jury found the Oregon State Hospital in Salem cant m...
09/30/2026
Amid the Trump administrations crackdown on immigration a group of Oregon lawmakers are sp...
09/30/2026
TUALATIN After an uplifting and hopeful start to training camp the Portland Trail Blazers...
09/30/2026
The federal agency alleges Fred Meyer violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act by denyin...
09/30/2026
Courtney McKee will be charged with manslaughter and DUII a month after a hit-and-run cras...
Follow
Download Our App
Copyright 2022 © EPUERTO. All Rights Reserved