Friday, March 04, 2022
Regret
The Sackler family has issued a statement of "regret" over Purdue Pharma's role in fostering opioid addiction across the US. It was hardly an apology. The statement says, "the families acted lawfully in all respects" and the role of Oxycontin was an "unexpected" one. This is a lawyer's document that seeks to hold the family harmless. It won't be of much use when civil lawsuits are brought to court. Still, the family will pay 40 percent more than in the previous agreement, which was thrown out. One wonders how the Sacklers can claim innocence when doling out $6 billion. The PR will look at the settlement and ignore the press release. The facts speak for themselves whether the family is sorry or not.
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