'Full Bio:' The Relationship Between the Sackler Brothers

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Aug 17, 2021

Patrick Radden Keefe joins us for a new installment of All Of It's "Full Bio" series. He will discuss his history of the Sackler family, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. Today, we talk about the relationship between the Sackler brothers, and the creation of MS Contin, the precursor to OxyContin.

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