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English
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Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid crisis.
The Sacklers are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
September 2019: Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin and a company controlled by the infamous billionaire Sackler family, filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from lawsuits for its role in fueling the U.S. overdose crisis. Hampton served as co-chair of the official creditors committee that acted as a watchdog during the process, and entered the case believing that exposing the Sacklers and mobilizing against Purdue would be enough to right the...
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Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Pharmaceutical breakthroughs such as antibiotics and vaccines rank among some of the greatest advancements in human history. Yet exorbitant prices for life-saving drugs, safety recalls affecting tens of millions of Americans, and soaring rates of addiction and overdose on prescription opioids have caused many to lose faith in drug companies. Now, Americans are demanding a national reckoning with a monolithic industry.
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