Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Sapiro, Szapiro/Szpiro and Chapiro, is a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Affleck is a Scottish surname that may be of Gaelic origins.
Mortimer is an English surname, and occasionally a given name.
Arthur Mitchell Sackler was an American psychiatrist and marketer of pharmaceuticals whose fortune originated in medical advertising and trade publications. He was also a philanthropist and art collector.
Ferraro is an occupational surname of Italian origin meaning blacksmith in Italian. Notable people with this surname include:
Purdue Pharma L.P. is an American privately held pharmaceutical company founded by John Purdue Gray. It is owned principally by members of the Sackler family as descendants of Mortimer and Raymond Sackler. In 2007, it paid out one of the largest fines ever levied against a pharmaceutical firm for mislabeling of its product OxyContin, and three executives were found guilty of criminal charges. Although the company shifted its focus to abuse-deterrent formulations, Purdue continued to market and sell opioids as late as 2019 and continued to be involved in lawsuits around the opioid epidemic in the United States. Purdue filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on September 15, 2019 in New York.
Spiegel is a surname of German origin. In German language Spiegel means mirror.
Raymond Sackler was an American physician and businessman. Raymond Sackler acquired Purdue Pharma together with his brothers Arthur M. Sackler and Mortimer Sackler. Purdue Pharma is the developer of OxyContin, the drug at the center of the opioid epidemic in the United States.
Chilcott is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mortimer David Sackler was an American-born British psychiatrist and entrepreneur who was a co-owner, with his brother Raymond, of Purdue Pharma. During his lifetime, Sackler was best known for his lavish philanthropy which included donations to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Gallery, the Royal College of Art, the Louvre and Berlin's Jewish Museum. After his death, Sackler's reputation became tarnished and his company became embroiled in a major scandal about their role in the opioid crisis, including their aggressive marketing of highly addictive opioids. Many of the museums and galleries Sackler donated to have distanced themselves from Sackler and his family in the wake of the opioid crisis and the Sackler family's fall from grace.
Marcotte is a French surname, Marcotte originally came from an Old French word, and the root of the word Marcotte translates to "Vineshoot forming a layer'. ...’. The word Marcotte became known a surname for someone who either grows grapes and or tends to vineyards. The surname Marcotte was more common in the rural areas of France where vineyard grapes were grown.
Perkin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Elizabeth Ann Sackler is an American public historian, arts activist, and an heiress to the widely criticized Sackler pharmaceutical dynasty. She is the founder of the American Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation and the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
Offner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Massachusetts v. Purdue is a lawsuit filed on August 14, 2018 suing the Stamford, Connecticut-based company Purdue Pharma LP, which created and manufactures OxyContin, "one of the most widely used and prescribed opioid drugs on the market", and Purdue's owners, the Sacklers accusing them of "widespread fraud and deception in the marketing of opioids, and contributing to the opioid crisis, the nationwide epidemic that has killed thousands." Purdue denied the allegations.
The Sackler family is an American family who founded and own the pharmaceutical companies Purdue Pharma and Mundipharma. Purdue Pharma, and some members of the family, have faced lawsuits regarding overprescription of addictive pharmaceutical drugs, including OxyContin. Purdue Pharma has been criticized for its role in the opioid epidemic in the United States.
Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited is a private pharmaceutical company in Cambridge, United Kingdom that was founded in 1923 and bought by the Sackler family in 1966. Headquartered together with the related Napp Research Centre in the Cambridge Science Park since the 1980's, it is a sister company of Purdue Pharma and Mundipharma, all of which are owned by the descendants of Mortimer and Raymond Sackler.
The timeline of the opioid epidemic includes selected events related to the origins of Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, the development and marketing of oxycodone, selected FDA activities related to the abuse and misuse of opioids, the recognition of the opioid epidemic, the social impact of the crisis, lawsuits against Purdue and the Sackler family.
Munds is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mundipharma GmbH is a multinational research-based pharmaceutical company owned by members of the Sackler family with locations in United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Singapore. In Germany, Mundipharma is a subsidiary of Mundipharma International Limited and Mundipharma AG.
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