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Unsettled : how the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy failed the victims of the American overdose crisis / Ryan Hampton with Claire Rudy Foster and Hillel Aron.

by Hampton, Ryan, author.

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New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.

Purdue Pharma L.P.

Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.

Opioid abuse -- United States.

Bankruptcy -- Moral and ethical aspects.

9781250273161 (hardcover) :

1250273161 (hardcover) :

xiii, 322 pages ; 22 cm

Preface -- Introduction -- Billions served -- A sleeping giant -- The blizzard was coming -- Flesh and blood -- Unchecked power -- The death curve -- Last month's tuna roll -- Lawyers, meds, and money -- Toothless -- "A legal fiction" -- The breaking point -- Conclusion: The way out -- Afterword.

September 2019: Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin and a company controlled by the infamous billionaire Sackler family, filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from lawsuits for its role in fueling the U.S. overdose crisis. Hampton served as co-chair of the official creditors committee that acted as a watchdog during the process, and entered the case believing that exposing the Sacklers and mobilizing against Purdue would be enough to right the scales of justice. He tells the inside story of Purdue's excruciating Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the company's eventual restructuring, and the Sackler family's evasion of any true accountability. He shows how the system is built to shield the ultra-wealthy, exploit loopholes for political power, promote gross wealth inequality, and allow companies such as Purdue Pharma to run amok. -- adapted from jacket

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