Raymond Sackler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raymond Sackler

American physician

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1920

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 17-Jul-2017

Profession: physician, businessperson

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Raymond Sackler (February 16, 1920 – July 17, 2017) was an American physician, billionaire entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
Raymond Sackler was, together with his brother Mortimer Sackler, owner of Purdue Pharma, the developer of OxyContin.Sackler, along with his brother Arthur, have been linked with the rise of direct pharmaceutical marketing and eventually to the rise of addiction to OxyContin in the United States.
There are concerns that the Sackler family's philanthropy is used as "reputation laundering" from profits acquired from the misselling of opiates which contributed to the opioid epidemic in North America.