Raymond Sackler KBE (February 16, 1920 – July 17, 2017) [1] was an American physician and businessman. He acquired Purdue Pharma together with his brothers Arthur M. Sackler and Mortimer Sackler. Purdue Pharma is the developer of OxyContin, the drug at the center of the opioid epidemic in the United States.

Dec 5, 2023 · Raymond (played by Sam Anderson) was described as "a billionaire and a noted philanthropist, funding biomedical research, including work on the human genome and the biological...

Dec 28, 2017 · Raymond Sackler was the last of three brothers whose controversial company many blame for unleashing a nationwide plague of addiction and overdose to narcotic painkillers with a pill that made...

Jul 19, 2017 · Dr. Raymond Sackler, a pioneer in psychopharmacology, a medicinal products entrepreneur and a leading philanthropist whose family made a fortune from the opioid painkiller OxyContin, died on...

Arthur Sackler was widely regarded as the patriarch of the family. In 1952, the brothers bought a small pharmaceutical company, Purdue-Frederick. [4] Raymond and Mortimer ran Purdue, while Arthur, the oldest brother, became a pioneer in medical advertising.

Oct 23, 2017 · The Brooklyn-born brothers Arthur, Mortimer, and Raymond Sackler, all physicians, donated lavishly during their lifetimes to an astounding range of institutions, many of which today bear the...

Jul 22, 2017 · Raymond Sackler, one of the three brothers who introduced painkilling pill OxyContin, died on July 17 after a brief illness, the company he co-owned, Purdue Pharma L.P announced. He was 97.

Jul 18, 2017 · Dr. Raymond Sackler, a noted philanthropist, physician, entrepreneur, business leader, husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many died July 17, at age 97 in Greenwich,...

Raymond Sackler (February 16, 1920 – July 17, 2017) was an American physician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Sackler and his brothers Arthur and Mortimer worked together and independently. They had careers as psychiatric researchers and practitioners, business leaders, and philanthropists.

Jul 19, 2017 · Philanthropist Dr. Raymond Sackler died on July 17 after a brief illness. He was 97 years old. He and his wife Beverly have been generous donors to the University of Connecticut for more than 30 years. Raymond Raphael Sackler was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Eastern European Jewish immigrants.