Arkansas will receive $44.5 million annually for 17 years as part of a settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, ...

If you watched Duck Dynasty, then you certainly know that the reality TV family at the helm of the duck hunting empire is full of quirky characters. Phil and Miss Kay Robertson, the patriarch and ...

Arthur, Mortimer, Raymond, and Richard Sackler are all portrayed in the Netflix drama 'Painkiller.' Here's where the founders of Purdue Pharma are now.

‘Painkiller’ Author on the 20-Year Road to a Netflix Hit and Why He Doesn’t Expect Richard Sackler to Watch. In 2003, Barry Meier wrote his first version of 'Pain Killer,' which along with ...

The Sackler family had not been on the board of Purdue Pharma since 2018. Once the bankruptcy deal goes into effect, they will no longer own the company. Purdue itself will no longer exist as part ...

The Sackler family name is now inextricably linked to the crisis of opioid addiction that has the US in a stranglehold. The family headed up Purdue Pharma, maker of the painkiller OxyContin.

The Sackler family has been in the news lately, just for all the wrong reasons. The family's enormous wealth started with the founding of Purdue Pharma in 1952.