A report on Purdue Pharma
American privately held pharmaceutical company founded by John Purdue Gray.
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Sackler family
6 linksThe Sackler family is an American family who founded and own the pharmaceutical companies Purdue Pharma and Mundipharma.
Mortimer Sackler
3 linksMortimer David Sackler (December 7, 1916 – March 24, 2010) was an American-born British psychiatrist and entrepreneur who was a co-owner, with his brother Raymond, of Purdue Pharma.
Raymond Sackler
3 linksAmerican physician and businessman.
American physician and businessman.
He acquired Purdue Pharma together with his brothers Arthur M. Sackler and Mortimer Sackler.
Oxycodone
3 linksSemi-synthetic opioid medication used for treatment of moderate to severe pain.
Semi-synthetic opioid medication used for treatment of moderate to severe pain.
A July 1996 study independent of Purdue Pharma, the drug's originator, found the controlled-release formulation had a variable duration of action ranging from 10 to 12 hours.
Opioid epidemic in the United States
1 linksExtensive ongoing overuse of opioid medications, both from medical prescriptions and from illegal sources.
Extensive ongoing overuse of opioid medications, both from medical prescriptions and from illegal sources.
Purdue Pharma hosted over forty promotional conferences at three select locations in the southwest and southeast of the United States.
Arthur M. Sackler
1 linksAmerican psychiatrist and marketer of pharmaceuticals whose fortune originated in medical advertising and trade publications.
American psychiatrist and marketer of pharmaceuticals whose fortune originated in medical advertising and trade publications.
Since his death, Sackler's reputation has been tarnished due to his company Purdue Pharma's role in the opioid crisis.
P.A.I.N.
2 linksP.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) is an advocacy organization founded by Nan Goldin to respond to the opioid crisis, specifically targeting the Sackler Family for manufacturing and distributing the drug Oxycontin through their corporation Purdue Pharma LP.
Nan Goldin
2 linksAmerican photographer and activist.
American photographer and activist.
This led to her setting up a campaign called Prescription Addiction Intervention Now (P.A.I.N.) pursuing social media activism directed against the Sackler family for their involvement in Purdue Pharma, manufacturers of OxyContin.
Hydrocodone
1 linksOpioid used to treat pain and as a cough suppressant.
Opioid used to treat pain and as a cough suppressant.
Controlled-release hydrocodone (Hysingla ER by Purdue Pharma, Zohydro ER)
Napp Pharmaceuticals
0 linksPrivate pharmaceutical company in Cambridge, United Kingdom that was founded in 1923 and bought by the Sackler family in 1966.
Private pharmaceutical company in Cambridge, United Kingdom that was founded in 1923 and bought by the Sackler family in 1966.
Headquartered together with the related Napp Research Centre in the Cambridge Science Park since the 1980's, it is a sister company of Purdue Pharma and Mundipharma, all of which are owned by the descendants of Mortimer and Raymond Sackler.