Sackler Trust chairwoman Dame Theresa Sackler (pictured) said she recognised the pressure on UK institutions that had accepted the charity's money so had decided to 'temporarily pause new giving'
The controversial Sackler Trust has suspended all new philanthropic giving as the family's pharmaceutical firm faces hundreds of lawsuits over its alleged role in the US opioid crisis.
The Sackler Trust is run by the Sackler family, members of which own Purdue Pharma, a company selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin.
Earlier this month, a £1 million donation to the National Portrait Gallery was cancelled after an outcry, and shortly afterwards the Tate also announced it would reject donations.
The trust has now said all philanthropic giving will temporarily cease so the issue 'will not be a distraction for institutions that are applying for grants'.
Commitments that have already been made will be honoured.
Sackler Trust chairwoman Dame Theresa Sackler said in a statement issued on behalf of the trustees: 'I am deeply saddened by the addiction crisis in America and support the actions Purdue Pharma is taking to help tackle the situation, whilst still rejecting the false allegations made against the company and several members of the Sackler family.
'The current press attention that these legal cases in the United States is generating has created immense pressure on the scientific, medical, educational and arts institutions here in the UK, large and small, that I am so proud to support.
'This attention is distracting them from the important work that they do.
'The trustees of the Sackler Trust have taken the difficult decision to temporarily pause all new philanthropic giving, while still honouring existing commitments.
'I remain fully committed to all the causes the Sackler Trust supports, but at this moment it is the better course for the Trust to halt all new giving until we can be confident that it will not be a distraction for institutions that are applying for grants.'
Tate (Tate Modern is pictured), which has previously accepted millions from the Sackler Trust, recently said it is 'not minded' to accept any further funding in the wake of the allegations
The National Portrait Gallery in London (pictured) has also given up funds from the Sackler family
Since 2010, the Sackler Trust claims to have donated more than £60 million in support of medical science, healthcare, education and the arts in the UK.
OxyContin is a time-released opioid that was introduced in 1996.
Lawsuits against Purdue Pharma allege that the company, based in Stamford, Connecticut, sold OxyContin as a drug with a low chance of triggering addictions, despite knowing this to be not true.
According to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2017 opioids were involved in nearly 48,000 deaths.
US President Donald Trump has declared the US opioid crisis a 'national shame' and a public health emergency.
Purdue, which denies wrongdoing, has said that its products were approved by federal regulators and prescribed by doctors.
Purdue Pharma is the maker of the prescription opioid painkiller OxyContin (pictured)
The Sackler Trust, alongside the Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation, has supported arts institutions across London, including the National Theatre, the Royal Opera House and Shakespeare's Globe.
The family's links to the opioid industry recently sparked criticism from members of the art world, who have urged galleries to refuse money from the trust.
Critics include American artist Nan Goldin, 65, who threatened to boycott the National Portrait Gallery if it accepted the £1million donation.
She told the Observer in February: 'My message is for all institutions everywhere, which are taking Sackler money.
'They are not going [to be able to] continue to operate 'business as usual'.. People are pushing back and, if they want to maintain their standing as cultural institutions, they have to listen.'
The Sackler family from left to right: Dr. Theodore Shapiro, Dr. Jack Barchas, DR. Susan Shack Sackler, Dr. Kathe Sackler, Dr. Carla Shatz, Dr. BJ Casey, Dr. Jay Gingrich and Dr. Robert Michels
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Sackler Trust chairwoman Dame Theresa Sackler (pictured) said she recognised the pressure on UK institutions that had accepted the charity’s money so had decided to ‘temporarily pause new giving’
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