He said there was no question over removing the names from these rooms “because these rooms no longer carry the Sackler name”. Paris' Louvre museum has taken the Sackler name from its wing after protests relating to the philanthropic family's link to the US opioid emergency. The French government said it would take over management of the museum, which is located in a former royal palace on the banks of the Seine, and that it was "committed to ensuring the future of this One branch of the family, which runs the pharmaceuticals firm behind the addictive painkiller OxyContin, has been accused of profiting from the crisis.
Paris' Louvre museum has taken the Sackler name from its wing after protests relating to the philanthropic family's link to the US opioid emergency. The French government said it would take over management of the museum, which is located in a former royal palace on the banks of the Seine, and that it was "committed to ensuring the future of this One branch of the family, which runs the pharmaceuticals firm behind the addictive painkiller OxyContin, has been accused of profiting from the crisis.