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
03/13/2026
NBCUniversal is ending its first-run syndicated shows including Access Hollywood Karamo an...
03/13/2026
Oregon State Parks will host the annual event which runs March 21 through March 29 along t...
03/13/2026
Trump says the US bombed military sites on Kharg Island vital to Irans oil network invitin...
03/13/2026
Parents of 6-year-old Raiden Pham say new FDA feedback brings hope as they work to raise 2...
03/13/2026
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued a civil penalty of more than 3 m...
Follow
Download Our App
Copyright 2022 © EPUERTO. All Rights Reserved