Conn. attorney general calls Purdue Pharma settlement ‘a mirage’

Описание: Correction: This report explained that a settlement had been reached among the U.S. Department of Justice, Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family over the opioids crisis. The report should have clarified that the settlement is with members of the Sackler family and does not include the entire Sackler family. Neither the late Arthur Sackler nor his widow or heirs profited from the sale of OxyContin, and they are not named in lawsuits filed against other members of the family, who own Purdue Pharma. Arthur Sackler died more than eight years before OxyContin came to the market and sold off his share of the company that would later become the modern version of Purdue Pharma.

A historic settlement was announced Wednesday among the Department of Justice, Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family over the drug giant’s role in the national opioid crisis. The CDC estimates roughly 450,000 people died from opioid overdose between 1999 and 2018. But some critics feel the settlement missed the mark. William Brangham talks to William Tong, Connecticut’s attorney general.

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