Details on Tufts Ties to Opioid Producer

An article on the science news website STAT details the ties between Purdue Pharma, which produces opioid painkillers such as OxyContin, and the medical school at Tufts University (MA). The ties are currently under scrutiny in lawsuits and by Tufts itself, which has hired an outside investigator. Tufts and the company have denied wrongdoing. The article focuses not on a smoking gun, but on the ways the relationships create ethical issues