Former Purdue Pharma board members Dr. Kathe Sackler and David Sackler apologized for the harm caused by OxyContin but denied any responsibility for the country's opioid crisis. At a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, committee chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., asked the Sacklers to apologize for their role in the crisis, but she was not satisfied with the response. She then asked again if Sackler would apologize for her personal role in the crisis. "There are many lawsuits that have blamed Purdue and my family for the opioid crisis," David Sackler said during his opening remarks. "While we deny liability and are vigorously contesting these claims, we want to respond to the opioid crisis because a prescription medicine that our company manufactured and sold, which was never intended to harm anyone, ended up being part of a crisis that has harmed too many people."

Source: Fox News December 17, 2020 18:22 UTC