Mealey's (October 21, 2020, 2:25 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges and to pay a combined $8.56 billion in fines and penalties to resolve allegations that its marketing of opioids resulted in the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Justice Department said Oct. 21 in a press release....