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Embed TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The one entity that has received the most blame for the opioid epidemic is Purdue Pharma, the company that makes and sells OxyContin. It's now facing over 2,500 lawsuits. Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family that owns and runs it is the subject of the new book "Empire Of Pain" by my guest, Patrick Radden Keefe. The Sacklers have been a secretive family. They never put their name on the company, but many wings of museums, universities, medical institutions and other organizations were named after the Sacklers after the Sacklers con...

A much-anticipated book delves into the Sackler dynasty's multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical business and its staggering human cost

Sackler Family Secrets: New Book Reveals OxyContin Heirs’ Self-Pitying Emails Tarpley Hitt © Provided by The Daily Beast David L. Ryan/Getty A new book on the Sackler family—the secretive billionaires who kept America in steady supply of OxyContin—contains private emails that show the heirs complaining about how hard their lives were as they tried to downplay and shift blame for the deadly opioid crisis that left nearly half a million Americans dead. The messages, along with other revelations in Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, shed light on how the Sacklers s...

Members of billionaire Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma whined in emails about 'falling behind financially' after being blamed for fueling the opioid crisis Members of the billionaire Sackler family, who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, reportedly complained in emails about 'falling behind financially'  Email in question dates back to 2017 when Mortimer, the son of Mortimer Sackler Sr, requested a $10million loan from the family trust The younger Mortimer wrote to a confidant: 'Start off with saying I am not happy. I am falling significantly behind financially'  Emails...

Billionaire Sackler family to relinquish control of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma in bankruptcy plan and agrees to pay nearly $4.3 BILLION to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits Members of the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma, have agreed to pay $4.3 billion to resolve lawsuits accusing them of fueling the opioid crisis  The huge payment from the Sacklers is part of a larger restructuring plan filed by Purdue on Monday to get the pharmaceutical giant out of bankruptcy Purdue's plan calls for it to be transformed into an entity that would see the Sacklers relinquish control and steer r...