The Crime of the Century - Season 1 Episode 1 Part One
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Overview
A look at how Purdue Pharma worked with the FDA to get OxyContin approved for wider use, promoting the highly profitable pain medication's safety without sufficient evidence, and creating a campaign to redefine pain and how it's treated.
Year 2021
Studio HBO
Director Alex Gibney
Crew Lisa Heller (Executive Producer), Nancy Abraham (Executive Producer), Aaron Fishman (Executive Producer), Svetlana Zill (Producer), Alex Gibney (Producer), Richard Perello (Executive Producer)
Popularity 1.0094
Language English


