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    'An evil family': Sacklers condemned as they refuse to apologize for role in opioid crisis

    House committee is investigating Purdue Pharma and billionaire family’s role in epidemic that has killed almost 500,000 AmericansTwo members of the billionaire Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma, the US pharmaceutical manufacturer of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, refused to apologize for their role in the opioids crisis that has killed almost half a million Americans, during a hearing in Washington on Thursday. Continue reading… More