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 …

Dec 5, 2023 · Netflix's "Painkiller" follows the controversial Sackler family as they develop the drug OxyContin. On the six-episode drama, none of the Sackler family members face legal...

Jan 23, 2025 · The Sackler family will pay the vast majority of the settlement — a total of $6.5 billion over 15 years — while Purdue will pay nearly $900 million up front, if it's approved by the court.

Jan 23, 2025 · Sackler family, American family, owner of the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma. Although the family is well known for its philanthropic contributions to major institutions in the United States and Europe, its members gained notoriety in the early 21st century for their role in promulgating the U.S. opioid epidemic .

Sep 20, 2019 · Brothers Mortimer, Raymond and Arthur Sackler — all physicians — bought the drug company known as Purdue Frederick in 1952. They are all dead, but the widows, children and grandchildren of Mortimer and Raymond now own the company, along with an international drug company, Mundipharma.

Jun 5, 2023 · For years universities, museums and other institutions accepted tens of millions of dollars from the billionaire Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the prescription...

Jun 29, 2024 · The ruling upended a carefully-crafted settlement worth roughly $8 billion, and involving the Sackler family, which owns Purdue, and all the individuals, states and local governments that had...

May 31, 2023 · Members of the billionaire Sackler family will be protected from current and future lawsuits over their role in their Purdue Pharma’s opioid business, a New York court of appeals ruled Tuesday....

Jan 23, 2025 · Court filings allege the Sackler family was long aware of the legal risks, and withdrew some $11bn from the company in the decade before its bankruptcy. They stashed much of the money overseas ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that a bipartisan coalition of states and other parties reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma, Inc. (“Purdue”) …