More than 2,500 lawsuits against the Sacklers are currently pending.

Sackler was also a marketing genius who made his fortune in medical advertising and trade magazines for doctors.Įmpire of Pain arrives with great timing. It would go on to develop MS Contin – morphine with time-release properties – and Ox圜ontin.

It finds its origin story in Arthur Sackler, who in 1952 arranges for his brothers to purchase Purdue Frederick, a medical company that sold staples like ear wax remover and laxatives. In his new book, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, journalist and author Patrick Radden Keefe paints a devastating portrait of the secretive family who, over three generations, ruthlessly pursued profit over concern for human life.

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