Tufts University to remove Sackler name from its buildings
(The Guardian United States)

Scientific and medical departments at the Massachusetts school were named after family as Tufts acknowledged it accepted giftsTufts University has announced it is removing the name of a longtime, major donor from its departments - that of the Sackler family which owns Purdue Pharma, maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin blamed for fueling the US opioids crisis.The prestigious college on the outskirts of Boston has been a beneficiary of largesse from the billionaire members of the pharmaceutical family whose reputation is at stake amid an avalanche of lawsuits over their role in aggressively pushing sales of OxyContin. Continue reading...