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Richard Sackler

Longtime Purdue executive and a member of the family that owned Purdue Pharma.

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According to Massachusetts Attorney General

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Sackler family: False Claims Act settlement

  1. 21 Oct 2020 Settled with U.S. Department of Justice: a civil settlement resolving allegations only, with no determination of liability 1

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  • U.S. Department of Justice 21 Oct 2020 a civil settlement resolving allegations only, with no determination of liability Primary record 1

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  1. 1999 Richard Sackler CEO of Purdue Pharma According to Massachusetts Attorney General
  2. 21 Oct 2020 Richard Sackler settled with U.S. Department of Justice
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  1. Justice Department Announces Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations with Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma and Civil Settlement with Members of the Sackler Family, U.S. Department of Justice, 21 Oct 2020. Primary record Archived copy
    Under a separate civil settlement, individual members of the Sackler family will pay the United States $225 million arising from the alleged conduct of Dr. Richard Sackler, David Sackler, Mortimer D.A. Sackler, Dr. Kathe Sackler, and Jonathan Sackler (the Named Sacklers).
    There has been no determination of liability in the civil matters.
    The Named Sacklers then approved a new marketing program beginning in 2013 called “Evolve to Excellence,” through which Purdue sales representatives intensified their marketing of OxyContin to extreme, high-volume prescribers
    arising from the alleged conduct of Dr. Richard Sackler, David Sackler, Mortimer D.A. Sackler, Dr. Kathe Sackler, and Jonathan Sackler (the Named Sacklers)
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Purdue Pharma L.P. et al., First Amended Complaint and Jury Demand (complete unredacted version), Massachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County (filed by the Massachusetts Attorney General), 31 Jan 2019. Primary record
    In 1999, Richard Sackler became the CEO of Purdue.
    At the OxyContin launch party, Richard Sackler spoke as the Senior Vice President responsible for sales.
    PURDUE PHARMA L.P., PURDUE PHARMA INC., RICHARD SACKLER, THERESA SACKLER, KATHE SACKLER, JONATHAN SACKLER, MORTIMER D.A. SACKLER, BEVERLY SACKLER, DAVID SACKLER
    In January 2001, Richard Sackler received a plea for help from a Purdue sales representative.
    This is not too bad. It could have been far worse.
    we have to hammer on the abusers in every way possible. They are the culprits and the problem. They are reckless criminals.
    the launch of OxyContin Tablets will be followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition.
  3. The Role of Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family in the Opioid Epidemic (hearing transcript, Committee on Oversight and Reform), U.S. House of Representatives, via GovInfo, 17 Dec 2020. Primary record
    Mr. Sackler, I would like to ask you about an email your father, Dr. Richard Sackler, sent in March 2008.
    I know my father has both apologized for these words
  4. Victims of the opioid crisis formally confront the Sackler family, NPR Morning Edition (via LAist), 11 Mar 2022. Scholarship & press
    Richard Sackler wasn’t visible on screen. He was also silent.
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