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The family of the late Raymond Sackler, left, who own OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma, have denied allegations on new website. Raymond s son Richard, right, was CEO.
Sacklers deny responsibility for opioid crisis and claim lawyers âinvented false narrativeâ
A branch of the family launches website and claims they are victims of smear campaign by lawyers seeking to make profit
Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP
Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP
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A branch of the Sackler family has launched a website denying responsibility for the US opioid epidemic even after agreeing to pay billions of dollars to settle lawsuits over the crisis.
The website, called Judge for Yourselves, claims that the family and the company it owns, Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, are victims of a smear campaign by lawyers seeking to profit from a âstrategically invented false narrativeâ that the firmâs high-strength prescription painkiller, OxyContin, drove an epidemic that has ultimately
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