OxyContin maker, execs plead guilty
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070510/ap_on_bi_ge/oxycontin_plea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070508/capt.41e9d1eb085343babf25087e9a5ce87f.oxycontin_settlement_ctdh10.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=xY97dEJRSFW7SyTW2MsRLg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Purdue Pharmaceuticals in Stamford, Conn. is shown Tuesday, May 8, 2007. The drug maker has agreed to pay 19.5 million in a settlement with 26 states and the District of Columbia to settle complaints about the promotion of the drug OxyContin. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)." border="0" /></a>AP - The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin and three of its current and former executives pleaded guilty Thursday to misleading the public about the drug's risk of addiction, a federal prosecutor and the company said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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