The chopping block the New York Times is now reporting that as part of a possible settlement to resolve thousands of federal and state lawsuits the Sackler Family would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma the company blamed for much of the opiate epidemic and paid 3000000000 of their own money but for that but the punishment for the socceroos wouldnt end there the times goes on report that in addition to that there are 3000000000. 00 cash payout the sacrilege would sell another drug company they own monday pharma and contribute an additional 1500000000. 00 from the proceeds this could essentially force the Sackler Family out of the opioid business to the tune of 4500000000. 00 just on their own expenses but are just bankruptcies and fines enough does that bring justice to the millions upon millions of lives destroyed by the opioid epidemic. Lets point out as we start watching the whole. You. Want to. Treat this like real that its like. As if the plot of. The day like you know that i got
A lot of. What they like you know that i got. With. This. Is exactly. What the watching the harks i am entire over the top of the hour. Live you know tell us interesting because youve actually ive we have ordered through a long time and i would say probably the Sackler Family in the for per do pharma is probably a close 2nd to lead the jeffrey upstream case for something that youve followed for a long time since you started this group like digging into like their accountability and what theyve done through the Opioid Crisis yeah they got a lot of you did i know you have always some of the worst you know as a woman on the internet you sort of are used to a certain amount of the rats or. Things coming to you but it was actually a the idea that i suggested even 6 or 7 years ago 6 years ago that the pharmaceutical companies were paying doctors and they were the ones pushing mass and thats what was pushing me and i got a lot of a lot of heat for it and now here we are and every. Also on thi
A woman on the internet you sort of are used to a certain amount of the rats or foul things coming to you but it was actually a the idea that i suggested even 6 or 7 years ago 6 years ago that the pharmaceutical companies were paying doctors and they were the ones pushing mass and thats what was pushing the Opioid Crisis and i got a lot of a lot of heat for it and now here we are and every. Also on this show we reported a couple of years ago about how the Sackler Family was going to look into after moving into the same thing Pain Management in china in africa and in india that company was of course monday farm out which is part of this big settlement so under this settlement Purdue Pharma gets restructured under chapter 11 bankruptcy that means that purdue goes from being a private company hauled by the sackler for. Into a public Beneficiary Trust so whatever they make from this point forward goes into a trust which then. All the profits go to plaintiffs in the case which of course as
A possible settlement to resolve thousands of federal and state lawsuits the Sackler Family would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma the company blamed for much of the opiate epidemic and pay 3000000000. 00 of their own money but for that but the punishment for the socceroos wouldnt end there the times goes on report that in addition to that there are 3000000000. 00 cash payout the sackless would sell another drug company they own monday pharma and contribute an additional 1500000000. 00 from the proceeds. This could essentially force the Sackler Family out of the opioid business to the tune of 4500000000. 00 just their own expenses but are just bankruptcies and fines and does that bring justice to the millions upon millions of lives destroyed by the Opioid Epidemic lets find out as we start watching the whole us. Go to. The. Real thing its like. As you said a lot of. What they like you know that i got. With. This. Is exactly. What the watching the harks i am tyrrel for the time topica
Will say it for me again once he gets on screen. Hes assistant professor in the department of history of science and technology at Johns Hopkins university and the author of beyond bakelite leo bakelund and the business of science. Excuse me. Science and invention were also joined by hugh karacher the great grandson of leo bakelund and the executive producer of the documentary all things bakelite which will be seeing a little clip from this evening. Bud micaterian awardwinning author and filmmaker whos currently doing research on leo bakerland and his journals and our moderator dr. Jeffrey michael professor of american studies at the university of texas at austin and the author of american plastic a cultural history. So please everybody join me in giving a great big march training house. Welcome to our guests this evening, please join us. It takes a moment for all them to get on camera and mike so here with us. Welcome and good evening, all of you. Thank you so much for being here with