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In return for the shield, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma are committed to paying up to $6 billion to help compensate communities and individuals for the ravages of the opioid epidemic.
The particulars of the settlement were announced by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong on March 3 and include that the Sackler family must permit institutions with buildings or scholarships to remove their name.
The Sacklers donated tens of millions of dollars to prestigious universities prior to the fallout over OxyContin.
The Ivy League university, about 40 miles from Purdue's headquarters in Stamford, is the latest institution to distance itself from the family amid outrage over its role in the opioid crisis.