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Federal prosecutors are homing in on its work advising OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and other drugmakers, three people familiar with the matter said.
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Federal prosecutors are homing in on its work advising OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and other drugmakers, three people familiar with the matter said.
The Sacklers have been given immunity from civil lawsuits over the opioid crisis in exchange for $6billion that will go towards treatments for addiction.
The Sackler family name is now inextricably linked to the crisis of opioid addiction that has the US in a stranglehold. The family headed up Purdue Pharma, maker of the painkiller OxyContin.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have been accepting funds from some members of the Sackler family, including those involved with Purdue Pharma, even as the nation's drug crisis has mounted.
UConn Health recently removed signs that commemorated donations by two late Sackler family members who co-owned OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma.