STAT and ProPublica have published the long-sought deposition of Dr. Richard Sackler, a member of the billionaire family that founded and controls Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin.. Here are ...

During his deposition, which took place over 11 hours in a law office in Louisville, Ky., Richard Sackler said “I don’t know” more than 100 times, including when he was asked how much his ...

A 1997 email exchange, read to Sackler at the deposition, shows that he supported a decision by Purdue executives not to correct a misperception among doctors that OxyContin is weaker than morphine.

The deposition of Richard Sackler is believed to be the only time a member of the family that owns Purdue has been questioned under oath about OxyContin. Skip to Main Content. research.

The video deposition of the former head of Purdue Pharma, Richard Sackler, has been obtained by investigative news organization ProPublica.

But Richard had trouble delineating the two throughout the deposition. In 1997, Richard was involved in discussion with employees of a Sackler-owned company in Germany over whether they could get ...

Richard Sackler, who was a director, co-chairman and president of Purdue Pharma at times between 1990 through 2018, took the stand Wednesday during a confirmation proceeding for the opioid ...

Dr. Richard Sackler (during deposition): Yes. Dr. Richard Sackler is a former president of Purdue who, in 2001, helped turn OxyContin into what was at the time the most prescribed brand-name ...

Dr. Richard Sackler, who was once president of the company, Purdue Pharma, and is the son of one of its founders, said under oath during a pretrial deposition that he first learned from a Maine ...

Richard Sackler, the Mysterious Pharma Villain, Gets His TV Close-Up in Dopesick. ... All I really had to go on was the 2015 deposition that he gave. ...

A deposition of Richard Sackler, an owner of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, from March offers a rare window into his current views on the opioid epidemic amid litigation seeking to hold the ...

Richard Sackler, the former president of Purdue Pharma, in a 2015 deposition video. Credit... via ProPublica. By Jan Hoffman. Published Aug. 18, 2021 Updated Sept. 17, 2021.