Opioid maker Purdue Pharma is in talks to settle thousands of suits that claim it fed a deadly national drug epidemic Melanie Schuman, Jean Casarez and Taylor Romine, CNN • August 28, 2019 Updated: 28 AUG 19 07:54 ET (CNN) -- Purdue Pharma is involved in talks to settle thousands of federal and state lawsuits that accuse it of fueling the nation's opioid epidemic, the company confirmed...