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The family behind OxyContin pocketed $10.7 billion from Purdue Pharma. Meet the Sacklers, who built their $13 billion fortune off the controversial opioid. Oxycodone

The family behind OxyContin pocketed $10.7 billion from Purdue Pharma. Meet the Sacklers, who built their $13 billion fortune off the controversial opioid.

The Sacklers are worth an estimated $13 billion.ReutersThe family behind Purdue Pharma, the Sacklers, is one of the richest families in the US, with an estimated $13 billion fortune that came primarily from sales of controversial prescription painkiller OxyContin.Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy in September, as part of a tentative settlement…
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March 23, 2020