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This July 19, 2001 file photo shows OxyContin tablets at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vermont. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
January 23, 2025, 8:44 pm
Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4bn in settlement over the toll of OxyContin
Sackler family to pay $6.5 billion and lose company, Purdue itself to pay $900 million, in settlement announced by NY Attorney General Letitia James after years of litigation
By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Fake pill bottles with messages about OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma are displayed during a protest outside the courthouse where the bankruptcy of the company is taking place in White Plains, NY, on Aug. 9, 2021. (AP/Seth Wenig)
June 27, 2024, 7:43 pm
US Supreme Court blocks OxyContin bankruptcy deal that would shield Sacklers
Agreement would have protected family from being sued in relation to opioid pandemic; would have seen it contribute $6 billion to help
By Mark Sherman
An activist sets up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid overdose outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case was taking place in White Plains, New York, on August 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
August 11, 2023, 12:47 am
US Supreme Court blocks OxyContin bankruptcy deal that would shield Sacklers
Justices temporarily halt agreement to protect family, the owners of Purdue Pharma, from civil lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic
By Mark Sherman
(L to R) John Rothman as Mortimer Sackler, Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler, Sam Anderson as Raymond Sackler in episode 3 of 'Painkiller.' (Keri Anderson/Netflix © 2023)
August 10, 2023, 4:46 pm
Netflix’s ‘Painkiller’ is mesmerizing drama about Sackler role in ongoing opioid crisis
Premiering August 10 with a cast led by Matthew Broderick, the six-part series zeroes in on the death and destruction wrought by OxyContin on a community in western Virginia
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation in 2019. (US Attorneys Office for Utah via AP)
June 26, 2023, 6:02 pm
Israeli discovery could help brain block urge for highly addictive fentanyl
In breakthrough that could lead to treatment, Hebrew U researchers learn that turning neurons in claustrum structure on and off causes mice to either binge on the drug or ignore it
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The former Sackler Health and Sciences complex at Tel Aviv University. (screen capture: Google Street View)
June 21, 2023, 4:49 pm
Sackler family name removed from Tel Aviv University medical school
Move meant to disassociate the university from the family accused of profiting while fueling destructive opioid crisis
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Fake pill bottles with messages about OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma are displayed during a protest outside the courthouse where the bankruptcy of the company is taking place in White Plains, NY, on Aug. 9, 2021. (AP/Seth Wenig)
June 1, 2023, 4:22 am
Sackler family to pay $6B in deal shielding them from civil lawsuits in opioid deaths
New ruling in US federal appeals court protects Jewish family, owners of OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, from civil litigation, clears way for company to pay victims, families
By JTA and AP
Illustrative: Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation in 2019. (US Attorneys Office for Utah via AP)
April 30, 2023, 2:57 am
Now world’s no. 1 opioid consumer per capita, Israel faces addiction epidemic
New report traces spike in use of fentanyl and similar drugs; experts attribute abuse and addiction to overprescription, lack of understanding, and health system problems
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative. Opioids in a loaded syringe and pills. (iStock)
November 23, 2022, 4:56 pm
Teva finalizes terms of US opioid settlement worth $4.25 billion
Israeli generic drugmaker hires former Novartis executive Richard Francis to take over as new CEO starting January 1
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Protesters stage a die-in and have their shapes traced on the sidewalk outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is taking place in White Plains, New York, August 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
October 3, 2022, 10:27 am
Joining wave of institutions, London museum drops Sackler name from exhibits
Victoria and Albert Museum cuts ties from American family blamed for fueling opioid crisis; advocacy group leader Nan Goldin hails ‘big victory’
By ToI Staff
Nan Goldin, left, and director Laura Poitras pose for photographers at the photo call of the film 'All The Beauty and the Bloodshed' during the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
September 11, 2022, 7:31 pm
Film on campaign to shame Sacklers for opioid crisis wins top Venice prize
Golden Lion award goes to Laura Poitras’s documentary tracing Nan Goldin’s battle against billionaire family; Special Jury prize goes to jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi
By Eric RANDOLPH
A worker from the Baltimore City Health Department displays a sample of Narcan in Baltimore, Maryland, January 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
August 30, 2022, 8:15 pm
Narcan inventor developing new overdose treatment to combat fentanyl scourge
Researcher Roger Crystal’s company Opiant is working on a more powerful opioid antidote as US deaths surge
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation in 2019. (US Attorneys Office for Utah via AP)
August 1, 2022, 2:09 pm
Daily Briefing August 1: Fentanyl devastation; did Trump plan West Bank annexation?
US correspondent Jacob Magid on Jared Kushner’s new book and Israel’s move against the PA’s ‘pay-for-slay’; NY reporter Luke Tress on the scourge of opioid overdoses across the US
By ToI Staff
A Teva Pharmaceuticals logistics center in Shoham, January 7, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)
July 27, 2022, 10:34 pm
Israeli drug company Teva reaches $4.3 billion settlement in US opioid lawsuits
Generic drugmaker says it agreed to contribute sum in cash and medications to states, local governments and tribes for its role in epidemic
By GEOFF MULVIHILL
An activist sets up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid overdose outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case was taking place in White Plains, New York, on August 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
July 27, 2022, 9:28 pm
Jewish communities grapple with addiction as fentanyl crisis ravages US
American Jews have not been spared the devastating fallout of opioid abuse, which claimed 107,000 US lives in 2021, though some still struggle with stigmas while seeking help
By Luke Tress
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