Oklahoma wasthe only stateto settle an opioid lawsuit with Purdue Pharma before the company filed for bankruptcy in 2019. The unique $270 million deal established an independent foundation focused on addiction research and treatment in Oklahoma.
Seven years later, its leaders are building office and laboratory space in Tulsa.
“When we have our grand opening, I want you to come back, and I want you to tell people, ‘They’re doing exactly what he told me,’” said Don Kyle, motioning to the construction site around him in Sept. The building had no electricity and light streamed though its open windows…