====== Sackler Family ======

**The Sackler family** are an American family who founded and own the pharmaceutical companies [[Purdue Pharma]] and [[Mundipharma]].((Wu, K. (2021, May 5). //Sackler-owned Mundipharma seeks bids for China unit in over $1 billion deal -sources.// Reuters. https://archive.ph/csmYL)) Purdue Pharma, and some members of the family, have faced lawsuits regarding overprescription of addictive pharmaceutical [[drug|drugs]], including [[OxyContin]]. Purdue Pharma has been criticized for its role in the [[opioid epidemic]] in the United States.((Sales, B. (2019, May 22). //Who are the Sacklers, the family at the center of the opioid crisis?// Jewish Telegraphic Agency; 70/Faces Media. https://archive.ph/u0urP)) ((Perraudin, F., & Neate, R. (2019, March 25). //Sackler Trust halts new philanthropic giving due to opioid lawsuits.// The Guardian. https://archive.ph/JPxkX)) ((Ellis, R. (2019, March 24). //Hundreds of cities, counties and Native American tribes file federal lawsuit against Sackler family over opioid crisis.// CNN; Warner Media. https://archive.ph/kccVB))