The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
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- 2. Part Two May 11, 2021
- Mass marketing of synthetic opioids; connections between drug manufacturers and government policy.
- 1. Part One May 10, 2021
- Examining the inner workings at Purdue Pharma and the FDA; campaign to redefine pain and treatment.
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The film follows the opioid epidemic in the United States, and the political operatives, government regulations and corporations that enable the abuse of opioids, particularly the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma . It was aired in two parts beginning on May 10, 2021, and May 11, 2021, by HBO .
May 10, 2021 · Alex Gibney exposes how billion-dollar pharmaceutical companies are the true drug dealers behind America's opioid epidemic, with evidence, interviews and testimonies. The two-part series reveals how they manipulated doctors, regulators and patients with greed and deception.
A two-part series that exposes the role of Big Pharma and government in fueling the opioid epidemic in America. Based on the book by Patrick Radden Keefe, it features interviews, archival footage and data analysis.
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- 2021-05-10
- Documentary, Crime
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Alex Gibney examines the opioid epidemic in America in this two-part documentary. Watch how OxyContin and fentanyl became the crime of the century and how Big Pharma profited from it.
May 3, 2021 · Alex Gibney's four-hour film exposes how Purdue Pharma and Insys Therapeutics orchestrated the opioid epidemic in America. It reveals how the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, the DEA, and the politicians colluded to profit from pain relief and addiction.
