• 9:19 - 12:14
Ryan Hampton | The Opioid Crisis, The Sackler Family, & The Purdue Pharma Case
Arthur Sackler, Pfizer Marketing, and Pharmaceutical Profit Cycles
The pharmaceutical industry is criticized for creating problems and then selling the cures, such as Purdue Pharma developing naloxone after fueling the opioid epidemic. Arthur Sackler is identified as the "Don Draper of pills" for pioneering deceptive medical marketing tactics at Pfizer. Additionally, the segment notes that Johnson & Johnson introduced fentanyl and maintains interests in poppy fields in Afghanistan.