Drug maker to pay 19.5 million over OxyContin promo
Purdue Pharma LP will pay 19.5 million to South Carolina and 25 states plus DC to settle claims it urged doctors to overprescribe OxyContin. The settlement bans off-label marketing, requires FDA-compliant packaging, and ends bonuses tied to volume. Connecticut will gain 719,500 and 100,000 for a prescription-abuse tracking program.
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S.C. brothers win cookbook award
Rick Bayless named outstanding restaurant for 2007 at Lincoln Center gala. The James Beard Cookbook of the Year went to Charleston brothers Matt and Ted Lee for The Lee Bros Southern Cookbook. Bayless, famed for Frontera Grill, helped reshape American perceptions of Mexican cooking.
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