Sackler Trust halts new philanthropic giving due to opioid lawsuits
(The Guardian United States)

Sackler family´s Purdue Pharma faces hundreds of lawsuits over its drug OxyContinA trust that has donated millions to medical science, healthcare, education and the arts in the UK has announced it is pausing all new giving as its members stand accused of helping to fuel the US opioid drug crisis.The Sackler Trust is run by the Sackler family, members of which own Purdue Pharma, a company selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin. The business is facing hundreds of lawsuits in the US over its alleged role in the country´s opioid crisis, which kills more than 100 people a day. Continue reading...