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

An Empire of Misery and a Legacy of Opioids. The Sackler family, once revered for its wealth and philanthropic endeavours, is ...

As part of the settlement, the billionaire family behind Purdue Pharma has agreed to pay up to $6.5 billion and give up ...

The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery combine to comprise the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. Opened in 1923, the Freer Gallery showcases American paintings from the ...

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family who controlled it have agreed to pay up to $7.4bn (£6bn) to settle claims regarding its ...

former Co-Chair Mortimer Sackler and Arthur Sackler Sr. In 2015, Forbes reported that Raymond, the highest-earning member of the Sackler family, was worth around $13 billion. He died in 2017.

The latest settlement is meant to address a drug addiction crisis that has led to over 700,000 opioid overdose deaths in the US over the past two decades.

The Sackler family and its company, Purdue Pharma, reached a settlement with a coalition of 15 states in relation to their involvement in the United States opioid crisis. If approved, the January ...

The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with a bipartisan coalition of 15 states for fueling the opioid crisis, ...

Purdue Pharma and the members of the Sackler family who own the company agreed in principle to pay a $7.4 billion settlement ...

Purdue Pharma, the makers and marketers of the highly addictive opioid OxyContin, and the family that owned the company, the Sackler family, have agreed to pay $7.4 billion to individuals, states, ...