Empire of pain, the secret history of the Sackler dynasty, Patrick Radden Keefe
Type
Label
Empire of pain, the secret history of the Sackler dynasty, Patrick Radden Keefe
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Empire of pain
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Patrick Radden Keefe
Sub title
the secret history of the Sackler dynasty
Summary
"The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing OxyContin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis"--, Provided by publisher