Sacklers

On Tuesday, a federal appeals court granted members of the billionaire Sackler family a legal golden key that they had been seeking for nearly four years: The Sacklers will be shielded from…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press A federal appeals court cleared the way for the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of legal claims…

Members of the Sackler family, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma, will receive full immunity from all civil legal claims — current and future — over their role in the company’s…

A federal court ruling cleared the way Tuesday for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's settlement of thousands of legal claims over the toll of opioids.The 2nd U.S.…

More than 75 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine demanded on Thursday that the organization explain why it has for years failed to return or repurpose…

For the past decade, the White House and Congress have relied on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, a renowned advisory group, to help shape the federal response…

Photographer Nan Goldin poses after being awarded…

You may have heard of the Sackler family and the role that they and their privately held company, Purdue Pharma, played in the opioid crisis. One TV series depicting the family as a…

While state and local governments will divide up billions from the Sacklers and Purdue for treatment and prevention programs, if the current draft — or some approximation — of the Purdue…

The new settlement, however, still faces two potential hurdles. Even if Judge Drain, the bankruptcy judge, signs off, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has to approve the…