Former Purdue Pharma President Richard Sackler on Wednesday denied that his family or the drug company are responsible for the U.S. opioid epidemic
Dr. Sackler said that although he remembered having a call with McKinsey about research it had done for the drugmaker, he said during testimony on Wednesday in Purdue’s bankruptcy trial he didn’t recall some details about certain marketing and sale programs including an initiative called “Evolve to Excellence” that federal authorities have alleged led healthcare providers to write medically-unnecessary prescriptions of OxyContin, an opioid painkiller.
against he and other members of Purdue’s controlling family alleging they bear responsibility for fueling the opioid crisis. If approved, the agreement would shield the Sacklers from civil lawsuits over OxyContin in exchange for roughly $4.5 billion from family members to fund opioid abatement programs.
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