OxyContin Manufacturer Says It Will Stop Promoting Opioid Painkiller To Doctors : NPR
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SHAPIRO: How much money has this drug made for Purdue Pharma over the years?
QUINONES: Well, it’s a private company. I’m not sure exactly. But estimates that I have read - between $35 and $40 billion in sales since the drug came out in 1996. It’s basically the reason why the Sackler family, which owns Purdue, is one of the wealthiest families in America. Forbes magazine pegged it as one of the wealthiest families in America due almost entirely to the sales of OxyContin.