Painkiller is a new Netflix series that focuses on Purdue Pharma, the company responsible for the controversial drug OxyContin. The series is based on Barry Meier's book 'Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic' and features Uzo Aduba as Edie Flowers, an investigator for the US Attorney's office who launches an investigation into Purdue Pharma's new drug.
“Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic” .
In addition to Broderick’s Sackler, Uzo Aduba plays Edie Flowers — an investigator for the US Attorney’s office who launches a probe of Purdue Pharma’s new drug, OxyContin. The other key figures include Purdue sales reps Shannon Schaeffer and Britt Hufford , and Glen Kryger , a family man who suffers a terrible injury and needs the relief promised by OxyContin.
“The opioid epidemic for me was this horrible contradictory idea,” executive producer Eric Newman said in a promotional interview with Netflix. “These things were killing just as many people and wrecking just as many lives, and the players were just as nefarious. But because it was legal, it was just a healthcare crisis. Unlike drug traffickers, who are never dishonest about who they are and what they do, this group pretends to care about the welfare of human beings. They’re doctors. I think it’s actually the greatest betrayal of public trust in history.
John Rothman as Mortimer Sackler, Matthew Broderick as Richard Sackler, and Sam Anderson as Raymond Sackler in episode 103 of “Painkiller.” Image source: Keri Anderson/Netflix
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