Oxford University students have voted to change the name of one of its libraries due to its connections with a US pharmaceuticals giant. The Sackler Library is named after multi-millionaire donor Dr Mortimer Sackler, who co-owned Purdue Pharma with his brother Raymond. Dr Sackler died in 2010 - but now Oxford University students have decided to banish his name from the library he helped fund. The Sackler Library is named after multi-millionaire donor Dr Mortimer Sackler, who co-owned Purdue Pharma with his brother RaymondThe Sacklers are one of the wealthiest families in the US. Since the start of the millennium the family's company Purdue Pharma has been involved in an array of lawsuits involving OxyContin.

Source: Daily Mail May 26, 2021 18:15 UTC