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Massachusetts residents who lost relatives to opioid overdoses expressed elation Thursday after the family that built its fortune on the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin agreed to a new deal to ...

Purdue Pharma and its owner, the Sackler family, will pay $7.4 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits. Those lawsuits alleged oxycontin pain medication led to the U.S. opioid addiction crisis. North ...

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The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma have agreed to pay $7.4 billion to resolve nationwide opioid litigation, marking a major milestone in efforts to hold the makers of the addictive pain medication ...

The deal comes after the Supreme Court blocked a controversial bankruptcy plan for Purdue that shielded Sackler family members from future lawsuits.

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Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller.

The settlement, which was announced by attorneys general from several states Thursday, represents an increase over a previous settlement deal that was rejected last year by the U.S. Supreme Court.