The relationship could shadow his presidential bid.
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Fri. Feb 28, 2020
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When the Billionaire Family Behind the Opioid Crisis Needed PR Help, They Turned to Mike Bloomberg
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Bloomberg gave media advice to the Sacklers and recommended his longtime mayoral spokesman to them. The relationship could shadow his presidential bid.
by Hannah Dreier for ProPublica
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Data Touted by OxyContin Maker to Fight Lawsuits Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
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Downplaying its role in the opioid epidemic, Purdue Pharma has embraced a federal statistic showing it was a minor player in the pain pill market. But when we took drug potency into account, Purdue’s importance soared.
by David Armstrong and Jeff Ernsthausen
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Watch Richard Sackler Deny His Family’s Role in the Opioid Crisis
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Sackler testified in 2015 in a lawsuit brought by Kentucky against his family’s company, Purdue Pharma, which makes the painkiller OxyContin. We published the transcript in February. Now you can see the video.
by David Armstrong
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Sackler Embraced Plan to Conceal OxyContin’s Strength From Doctors, Sealed Testimony Shows
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As OxyContin addiction spurred a national nightmare, a member of the family that has reaped billions of dollars from the painkiller boasted that sales exceeded his “fondest dreams,” according to a secret court document obtained by ProPublica.
by David Armstrong
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Sacklers Who Disavow OxyContin May Have Benefited From It
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A little-known court document sheds light on the family feud over the multibillion-dollar painkiller’s association with the opioid crisis.
by David Armstrong
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