'An evil family': Sacklers condemned as they refuse to apologize for role in opioid crisis
by Joanna Walters in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5BSEQ)
House committee is investigating Purdue Pharma and billionaire family's role in epidemic that has killed almost 500,000 Americans
Two of a group of billionaire Sackler family members that own 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.
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