Unsettled - How The Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed The Victims Of The American Overdose Crisis

Unsettled
English | 328 pages | epub | 3.39 MB

Description:
A shocking inside account of reckless capitalism and injustice in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case.

In September 2019, Perdue Pharma-the maker of OxyContin and a company controlled by the infamous billionaire Sackler family-filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from 2,600 lawsuits for its role in fueling the U.S. overdose crisis. Author and activist Ryan Hampton served as co-chair of the official creditors committee that acted as a watchdog during the process, one of only four victims appointed among representatives of big insurance companies, hospitals, and pharmacies. He entered the case believing that exposing the Sacklers and mobilizing against Purdue would be enough to right the scales of justice. But he soon learned that behind closed doors, justice had plenty of other competition-and it came with a hefty price tag.

Unsettled is the inside story of Purdue’s excruciating Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the company’s…