Keefe, Patrick Radden,1976-author.

Empire of pain :the secret history of the Sackler dynasty /Patrick Radden Keefe.

xii, 535 pages :illustrations, genealogical table ;24 cm

Genealogical table on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid crisis.

1.Sackler family.2.Sackler, Arthur M.--Family.1.Rich people--United States--Biography.2.Pharmaceutical industry--Corrupt practices.3.Pharmaceutical industry--Marketing.Dynamic Details
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