Little-Known Makers of Generic Drugs Played Central Role in Opioid Crisis, Records Show – The Washington Post – July 27, 2019

Drugmaker Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sacker family, have for years borne the blunt of public criticism for inventing and deceptively marketing one of the most well-known opioid painkillers, OxyContin, in the 1990s. But the records show that by 2006, as the death rate accelerated, a handful of obscure generic-drug manufacturers were selling the bulk of opioid pills flooding the country. Read More.