Mundipharma. Opioid maker Purdue Pharma’s global counterparts make millions overseas
Mundipharma. Opioid maker Purdue Pharma’s global counterparts make millions overseas
At home in the United States, Purdue Pharma, the drugmaker accused of fueling the opioid crisis through its aggressive marketing of highly addictive pain pills, is bankrupt and facing thousands of lawsuits. Abroad, global counterparts are selling opioids — and still profiting.
Among the beneficiaries: some members of the Sackler family, who own Purdue and also sit atop a group of international companies known as Mundipharma, records show. The family faces a wave of litigation over Purdue’s alleged role in an opioid crisis that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and ruined countless more throughout the United States. (Washington Post, Health Briefing, USA, 17.09.2024)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/17/opioid-maker-purdue-pharmas-global-counterparts-make-millions-overseas/