One year after OxyContin launched, Purdue Pharma execs applied to patent ‘self-destructing’ emails

iStock/WoodysPhotos(NEW YORK) —  A group of executives for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have held a United States patent since 2007 for a “self-destructing document and e-mail messaging system.” This patent, filed in 2002, replaced a similar one from 1997 that was meant to destroy documents or email “at a predetermined time by attaching a ‘virus’ …

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