The former chairman and president of Purdue Pharma once called people who are addicted to drugs 'victimizers' and lamented not being able to publicly blame users for the pitfalls of addiction, according to emails submitted as evidence in a lawsuit
The former chairman and president of pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma once called people who are addicted to drugs"victimizers" and lamented not being able to publicly blame users for the pitfalls of addiction, according to emails submitted as evidence in a lawsuit filed by the Connecticut attorney general.
The emails between Richard Sackler and an acquaintance were unveiled this week as part of the amended lawsuit filed in April by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong. The lawsuit alleges that the owners of Purdue Pharma, including Sackler, illegally shuffled hundreds of millions of dollars to other Sackler family-owned properties and downplayed the addictive nature of opioids to doctors while pressuring sales reps to market its painkiller OxyContin.
"At that time I was very concerned that the balance that had been struck by the FDA between the benefits and the risks of strong opioids might be upset, perhaps with terrible consequence for patients and for doctors who wanted to treat them," Sackler said, according to the transcript.The initial lawsuit, alleging violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act by individuals and Purdue, was filed in December.
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