Empire of Pain
The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
New York : Doubleday, [2021]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xii, 535 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid crisis.
Subjects:
Sackler family.
Sackler, Arthur M. -- Family.
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Rich people -- United States -- Biography.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Marketing.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices.
Sackler family.
Sackler, Arthur M. -- Family.
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Rich people -- United States -- Biography.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Marketing.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices.
ISBN:
9780385545686
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Sackler Family | Main (Downtown) | Nonfiction | Just Ordered |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-515) and index.