Family With OxyContin Patent Has Another…To Wean Patients Off OxyContin

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Family With OxyContin Patent Has Another…To Wean Patients Off OxyContin

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The Sackler family has made billions of dollars off of OxyContin, a prescription pain-management drug. Recently it’s been cited when talking about America’s opioid crisis.

Now there’s a patent out for an opioid-addiction treatment drug. The inventor? Richard Sackler…

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