Explore the Sackler family's legacy, their role in Purdue Pharma, and the devastating opioid crisis they helped fuel.

Because the Sacklers are at the centre of a huge scandal over painkilling drugs – specifically OxyContin, a powerful opioid developed by the family’s company, Purdue Pharma, and, from 1996, ...

Levy became the acting U.S. attorney for Massachusetts amid an ethics scandal in May 2023 when ... for their illegal conduct supporting Purdue Pharma’s marketing of opioids, and charges against ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7. ...

Purdue filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors in 2019. The next year, Sackler family members agreed to pay the US ...

The Sacklers and Purdue Pharma boosted their settlement contribution to $7.4 billion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a prior settlement in June 2024. If approved, the new plan would end ...

In the latest twist in its efforts to wrap up years of high-profile opioid litigation, the billionaire family behind the now-bankrupt Purdue Pharma, the Sacklers, has come back from last year’s ...

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription ...