Sackler family

The Sackler family is an American family who owned the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma and later founded 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] They have been described as the "most evil family in America",[5][6][7][8] and "the worst drug dealers in history".[9][10]

The Sackler family has been profiled in various media, including the documentary Crime of the Century on HBO, the book Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, the 2021 Hulu miniseries Dopesick, the 2022 Oscar-nominated documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, and the 2023 Netflix mini-series Painkiller.

  1. ^ Wu, Kane (May 5, 2021). "Sackler-owned Mundipharma seeks bids for China unit in over $1 billion deal -sources". Reuters. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  2. ^ Ellis, Ralph; Schuman, Melanie (March 24, 2019). "Hundreds of cities, counties and Native American tribes file federal lawsuit against Sackler family over opioid crisis". CNN. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  3. ^ Perraudin, Frances; Neate, Rupert (March 25, 2019). "Sackler Trust halts new philanthropic giving due to opioid lawsuits". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Sales, Ben (May 22, 2019). "Who are the Sacklers, the family at the center of the opioid crisis?". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Archived from the original on May 22, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  5. ^ Lelchuck, Saul (September 21, 2021). "Are the Sacklers the Most Evil Family in American History?". Bulwark Media. Archived from the original on September 2, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  6. ^ Smith, David (December 11, 2021). "OxyContin and the story behind America's 'most evil' family". The Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  7. ^ Walters, Joanna (December 18, 2020). "'An evil family': Sacklers condemned as they refuse to apologize for role in opioid crisis". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 17, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "Some members of Sackler family under fire over ties to opioids". CBS News. April 11, 2021. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  9. ^ Wolf, Zachary B. (September 3, 2021). "The worst drug dealers in history are getting away with billions". CNN Politics. Archived from the original on September 2, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  10. ^ McGreal, Chris (December 17, 2019). "The Sacklers were drug dealers who put money over morality. The Purdue deal is no different". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 17, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2022.