Richard Sackler, MD, a former Purdue Pharma executive and member of the billionaire family that founded and controls the company, embraced a plan to conceal OxyContin’s strength in an effort to boost ...

Two U.S. representatives released documents Oct. 27 detailing the Sackler family’s role in opioid sales for Purdue Pharma, which the family owned until it agreed to dissolve the company in an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Utah Attorney General Derek Brown talks to reporters during his first press conference at the Utah State Capitol Building on ...

Activist Ryan Hampton sees a major flaw in the proposed $7.4 billion bankruptcy settlement reached by the OxyContin maker. While it's potentially one of the largest opioid settlements ever, he says ...

North Carolina's attorney general is the latest to file a lawsuit against the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma as part of an effort to address the opioid epidemic. Purdue Pharma files ...

The Sackler family has agreed to relinquish control of its longtime company, Purdue Pharma, and cease all sales of opioids in the United States as part of an historic $7.4 billion settlement that has ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced on Monday that he is joining 54 other attorneys general in a proposed $7.4 billion settlement agreement against Purdue Pharma and its ...

Last year, Richard Sackler was awarded a patent for a version of buprenorphine, a drug that blocks opioid receptors, administered by mouth in a thin film. In March, the FDA fast tracked the company’s ...

The Sackler family funds spaces in several major museums, including the Guggenheim, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The pharmaceutical titans also ...

Painkiller, a new Netflix limited series, is the latest drama to tackle the opioid epidemic. Of course, 2021's Dopesick and 2022's All the Beauty and the Bloodshed have tackled the rise of Purdue ...

BOSTON — Tufts University removed the Sackler name from five facilities and programs Thursday over the family’s role in the opioid epidemic, a gesture aimed at distancing the institution from a ...

It’s almost official. Utah is close to signing a settlement to receive $57 million in an agreement with the Sackler family and its former pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, the manufacturers of ...