Sackler Family
The Sackler family are an American family who founded and own the pharmaceutical companies Purdue Pharma and Mundipharma.1) Purdue Pharma, and some members of the family, have faced lawsuits regarding overprescription of addictive pharmaceutical drugs, including OxyContin. Purdue Pharma has been criticized for its role in the opioid epidemic in the United States.2) 3) 4)
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Wu, K. (2021, May 5). Sackler-owned Mundipharma seeks bids for China unit in over $1 billion deal -sources. Reuters. https://archive.ph/csmYL
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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
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Perraudin, F., & Neate, R. (2019, March 25). Sackler Trust halts new philanthropic giving due to opioid lawsuits. The Guardian. https://archive.ph/JPxkX
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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