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Lawsuits lay bare Sackler family's role in opioid crisis

The lawsuits brought by the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts, Letitia James and Maura Healey, named eight Sackler family members: Kathe, Mortimer, Richard, Jonathan and Ilene Sackler ...
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Tufts Removes Sackler Family Name From Facilities Over Opioid Crisis

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 ...
The New York Times

Sackler family

Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of their personal fortune to states, localities, tribes and others harmed in the ...
Hyperallergic

How Some of the World's Biggest Art Patrons Contributed to the Opioid Crisis

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 ...
LAist

Purdue Pharma Conducted Massive Probe Of The Sacklers, But The Findings Are Secret

Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, conducted what may be the most extensive investigation yet of the Sackler family, exploring whether they committed crimes or financial improprieties, but the ...