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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

Sackler family

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
In this file photo provided by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chairs the Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
August 13, 2023, 1:44 pm
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Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on airlifting Ethiopians from Gondar war, potential US-Iran deal; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on Sacklers’ opioid legacy, tiny stem cell heart
By ToI Staff
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
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: 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
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
The British Museum. (Wikimedia Commons/Eric Pouhier CC BY-SA)
March 26, 2022, 7:39 pm
British Museum to remove Sackler name from galleries amid opioid scandal
Move follows global outrage over family’s role in crisis
By AP
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)
March 4, 2022, 4:16 am
Sacklers to pay $6 billion, lose Purdue Pharma in deal to avoid opioid civil suits
Some criticize settlement, which leaves amount to go to victims of addictive OxyContin unchanged while shielding family from further attempts to make them pay for crisis
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and John Seewer
Illustrative: "Pill Mann" made by Frank Huntley of Worcester, Massachusetts, from his opioid prescription pill bottles, is displayed during a protest by advocates for opioid victims outside the Department of Justice, December 3, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
December 18, 2021, 5:51 am
Uncertainty follows US court’s rejection of Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
Parents who lost children to addiction split on decision to overturn deal that would have prevented future lawsuits against Sackler family: ‘I want them to know what it feels like’
By GEOFF MULVIHILL
A file photo shows offices of Purdue Pharma, maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin (Drew Angerer/ Getty Images North America/AFP)
December 17, 2021, 9:30 am
US judge overturns Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
Court says federal judge did not have authority to prevent all future lawsuits against members of the Sackler family
By AFP
A sign with the Sackler name at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, January 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
December 9, 2021, 11:28 pm
Amid opioid scandal, Met Museum to cut ties with Sackler family
Removing Sackler name from seven exhibition spaces, New York institution is latest to distance itself from Purdue Pharma owners
By AP and ToI Staff
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