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People visit the Sackler Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on March 28, 2019, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
May 30, 2019, 4:23 pm
Who are the Sacklers, the family at the center of the opioid crisis?
Jewish family, founder of Purdue Pharma and famous for philanthropy, has become notorious for causing mass-scale drug addiction. Will institutions reject their donations?
By Ben Sales
Dr. Guido Fanelli (right) entering police headquarters in Parma, Italy, for questioning in an alleged pharmaceutical kickback scheme, May 8, 2017. (AP/Marco Vasini)
May 29, 2019, 10:09 am
Purdue Pharma’s ‘Pain League’ allegedly pushed opioids in Italy
Drug company used Italian doctor, apparently employing practices that helped create US addiction crisis that has claimed 400,000 lives
By CLAIRE GALOFARO and Frances D'Emilio
The Israeli drug company TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries, in Jerusalem, on August 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 9:52 pm
Teva settles with Oklahoma for $85 million in opioid case
Struggling Israeli pharmaceutical giant fighting multiple lawsuits
By AP and TOI staff
In this Aug. 17, 2018 photo, family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses leave pill bottles in protest outside the headquarters of Purdue Pharma, which is owned by the Sackler family, in Stamford, Conn. (AP/Jessica Hill)
May 15, 2019, 9:03 am
Maker of OxyContin gets hit with another state lawsuit
Pennsylvania says Purdue Pharma, owned by the Sackler family, ignored signs drug was being over-prescribed
By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Illustrative: This file photo from February 19, 2013, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vermont. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
March 29, 2019, 1:52 am
New York sues Sackler family, Teva over opioid crisis
State adds family that owns drugmaker and other pharmaceutical firms producing or pushing OxyContin and related painkillers to existing suit against Purdue Pharma
By Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz
Illustrative: This file photo from February 19, 2013, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vermont. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
March 26, 2019, 7:04 pm
Oklahoma settles with maker of OxyContin over opioid crisis
Settlement comes as the Sackler family faces growing public pressure and private lawsuits over its control of Purdue Pharma
By Ken Miller
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits the 'Victorian Giants' exhibition at National Portrait Gallery on February 28, 2018 in London. (Ben Stansall/Getty Images via JTA)
March 22, 2019, 10:08 am
London museum rejects donation from Sackler family over opioid crisis
Sackler Trust says decision mutually agreed upon by National Portrait Gallery and the family, which owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
By Ben Sales
In this Aug. 17, 2018 photo, family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses leave pill bottles in protest outside the headquarters of Purdue Pharma, which is owned by the Sackler family, in Stamford, Conn. (AP/Jessica Hill)
February 10, 2019, 5:10 pm
Jewish anti-opioid activists lead protest against Guggenheim Museum in New York
Nan Goldin and others drop thousands of fake OxyContin prescriptions at museum, in protest of its affiliation with Sackler family, whose company makes the addictive drug
By TOI staff
In this Aug. 17, 2018 photo, family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses leave pill bottles in protest outside the headquarters of Purdue Pharma, which is owned by the Sackler family, in Stamford, Conn. (AP/Jessica Hill)
January 18, 2019, 6:52 am
Opioid crisis has Sackler family and beneficiaries feeling the pain
Prosecution of family-owned firm behind addictive OxyContin drug has some distancing themselves from name, which is still emblazoned on institutions from New York to Tel Aviv
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses protest outside Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, August 17, 2018. (Jessica Hill/AP)
January 17, 2019, 9:12 am
Opioid painkiller producer misled doctors to boost sales, prosecutor alleges
Richard Sackler accused of urging representatives to encourage healthcare professionals to prescribe highest dosages of OxyContin, increasing profits for his family’s drug firm
By JTA
Opioids, addiction, overdose (Illustrative, via iStock)
November 21, 2018, 7:37 pm
Sackler family faces possible criminal charges for role in opioid crisis
New York’s Suffolk County sues Jewish multi-billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin; Connecticut and NY consider pressing charges
By Eric Cortellessa
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