| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Legal
Sackler-owned opioid maker goes global with OD treatment
Sackler-owned opioid maker goes global with OD treatment
The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. “Be prepared. Get naloxone. Save a life,” the slogan on its walls said.
Some conference attendees were stunned when they saw the company logo: Mundipharma, the international affiliate of Purdue Pharma — the maker of the blockbuster opioid, OxyContin, widely blamed for unleashing the American overdose epidemic.
Here they were cashing in on a cure. (Businees Insider, 15.12.2019)
https://www.businessinsider.com/sackler-owned-opioid-maker-goes-global-with-od-treatment-2019-12