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By Manisha Krishnan
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Sackler Family Members Still Aren’t Taking Responsibility for the OxyContin Crisis

12.17.20

By Emma Ockerman
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Purdue Pharma, the Maker of OxyContin, Will Plead Guilty for Fueling the Opioid Crisis

10.21.20

By Emma Ockerman
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10.21.19

By Emma Ockerman
News

Attorneys General Really, Really, Really Want to Keep Suing Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers

10.04.19

By Emma Ockerman
News

Why Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Won’t Save the Sacklers, the Billionaire Family Behind OxyContin

09.16.19

By Emma Ockerman
News

States Say Thanks but No Thanks to Purdue Pharma’s “Insultingly Weak” Settlement Offer

09.12.19

By Emma Ockerman
News

The Sacklers Reportedly Stalled an Opioid Settlement Because They Don’t Want to Hand Over $4.5 Billion

09.09.19

By Emma Ockerman
News

Purdue Pharma May Be Willing to Shell Out $10-12 Billion to Skip a Huge Opioid Trial

08.28.19

By Emma Ockerman
News

A Friend Once Warned the Billionaire Behind OxyContin That He “Could Become Pablo Escobar of the New Millennium”

05.29.19

By Emma Ockerman
Drugs

Ruthless Capitalists Can’t Donate Their Way Out of Trouble Anymore

04.10.19

By Alex Norcia
Health

Big Pharma’s Millions Won’t Solve the Opioid Crisis

04.10.19

By Maia Szalavitz

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