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In one of the most disgusting episodes of corporate moral failure, #PurduePharma have declared bankruptcy because of lawsuits over #OxyContin, which they pushed despite knowing its addictive potential. The $35 billion in sales it generated?
wsj.com/articles/oxyco…
wsj.com/articles/oxyco…
Much of it has gone to the #SacklerFamily whose name you may recognise from the Sackler Gallery at @SerpentineUK or from the new Sackler courtyard at the @V_and_A or the Sackler Wing at the @metmuseum
@AllenFrancesMD has written about this here. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@AllenFrancesMD has written about this here. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
In @VanityFair David Sackler lamented “the way our philanthropy has been turned against us.”
About the many lawsuits, he said “I really don’t think there’s much in the complaints, frankly" vanityfair.com/news/2019/06/d…
About the many lawsuits, he said “I really don’t think there’s much in the complaints, frankly" vanityfair.com/news/2019/06/d…
If you want an absolutely gripping read then this long form @NewYorker piece is just spectacular and nauseating. newyorker.com/magazine/2017/…
BUT Purdue’s share of the opioid painkiller market never exceeded 4%. They should be publicly shamed but that shouldn't distract us from the other companies being sued (Johnson & Johnson , McKesson Corp.Cardinal Health Inc) for a crisis that has killed at least 400,000 people.
