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Purdue Pharma

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Ceo Craig Landau
HeadquartersStamford
Connecticut
United States
Founded1892
Revenue3 billion USD (2017)
FoundersJohn Purdue Gray
George Frederick Bingham
SubsidiariesPurdue Pharma Inc.
Imbrium Therapeutics L. P.
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About Purdue Pharma


Purdue Pharma L. P. is a privately held pharmaceutical company owned principally by descendants of Mortimer and Raymond Sackler. In 2007 it paid out one of the largest fines ever levied against a pharmaceutical firm for mislabeling its product OxyContin, and three executives were found guilty of criminal charges.

University of Oxford drops Sackler name from buildings

University of Oxford drops Sackler name from buildings
May 16,2023 6:00 pm

... The family has links to Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin painkiller that has been hit with lawsuits in the US...

All The Beauty and the Bloodshed film explores Sackler scandal

All The Beauty and the Bloodshed film explores Sackler scandal
Jan 4,2023 10:51 pm

... The Sackler-owned company, Purdue Pharma, which manufactures OxyContin, reached a settlement this year with several US states for its role in the US opioid crisis...

New York's Met museum to remove Sackler name from exhibits

New York's Met museum to remove Sackler name from exhibits
Dec 10,2021 3:25 am

...New York City s Metropolitan Museum of Art and Sackler family members have announced the famed museum will drop their name, linked to opioid-maker Purdue Pharma, from its exhibit halls...

Purdue Pharma 'reaches tentative agreement' to settle opioid cases

Purdue Pharma 'reaches tentative agreement' to settle opioid cases
Feb 16,2020 6:09 am

...The company has made billions from products like painkiller OxyContin Drug-making giant Purdue Pharma has reportedly reached a tentative multi-billion dollar agreement in the US to settle a host of lawsuits against it...

Johnson & Johnson fined in landmark opioid ruling

Johnson & Johnson fined in landmark opioid ruling
Feb 16,2020 5:40 am

... Earlier this year, Oklahoma settled with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma for $270m and Teva Pharmaceutical for $85m, leaving Johnson & Johnson as the lone defendant...

National Portrait Gallery drops £1m donor

National Portrait Gallery drops £1m donor
Feb 16,2020 3:25 am

... The Sackler Trust, run by the family that owns Purdue Pharma, seller of prescription painkiller OxyContin, said the donation might deflect the gallery from its important work...

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