Creator Peter Berg tells TODAY.com he failed to get in touch with Sackler about the opioid crisis-centric show: 'They are very, very effective at staying in the shadows.”
, The Guggenheim and The Louvre have since removed the Sackler name from their walls, which Berg says speaks to a different kind of justice outside of the legal system.
As part of the deal, the Sackler family agreed to pay $6 billion that could be used to settle opioid-related claims, but only if the deal included complete release from any liability in future cases. Purdue Pharma pled guilty to criminal charges as part of an $8 billion settlement, perThe Supreme Court ruled to put the deal on hold until it could take up the appeal, meaning the court will hear oral arguments in December and will make its own ruling on the deal next year.
“I want to express my family’s deep sadness about the opioid crisis. OxyContin is a medicine that Purdue intended to help people, and it has helped and continues to help millions of Americans. Far too many lives have been destroyed by addiction and abuse of opioids, including OxyContin.
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