Purdue and Sackler family agree to $7.4bn national opioid settlement
Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, have reached a $7.4bn settlement with US states to resolve a long-running legal saga involving the pain medication Oxycontin and its role in fuelling the opioid epidemic in the country.
Tennessee Spearheads Historic $7.4 Billion Opioid Settlement with Sackler Family & Purdue Pharma
Tennessee and 15 states have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma for their role in the opioid crisis, the largest of its kind in US history.
Purdue, Sackler family reach new $7.4B opioid accord
Under the deal, the Sackler family members will eventually pay a total of $6.5 billion while Purdue will pay $900 million.
Purdue and Sacklers reach $7.4bn national opioid settlement
Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the pain medication OxyContin caused a widespread opioid addiction crisis in the US,
Delaware slated to receive over $27M in settlement with Purdue Pharma, Sackler family
A settlement reached with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma will bring over $27 million to the First State, roughly half of what was originally anticipated before a Supreme Court decision put settlement funds in limbo last year.
The latest on the Purdue Pharma and Sackler family opioid settlement
A new $7.4 billion settlement with states has been reached with Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners. We'll unpack.
Sackler family and Purdue agree to pay Utah $57 million for opioid damages
Prescription opioid overdoses have killed thousands of Utahns. A new settlement puts a price tag on their lives and could bring "justice" to their families."
New York attorney general announces new Purdue Pharma opioid crisis settlement
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday a new $7.5 billion settlement with Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Sackler Family for their role in the ongoing US opioid crisis with the
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Texas, other states reach $7.4 billion deal with Purdue Pharma over opioids crisis
Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement with Texas and 14 other states to ...
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Justice Department sues Walgreens over opioid drug prescriptions
The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Walgreens, accusing the 124-year-old pharmacy chain of dispensing ...
Settlement with Sackler family may offer Utah vital funds to combat drug overdose epidemic
The agreement, announced Thursday, would require the Sackler family to pay $6.5 billion over the next 15 years and an additional nearly $900 million from Purdue Pharma following its emergence from ...
$7.4bn settlement over painkiller that fuelled US opioid crisis
US states reach a $7.4bn settlement with the makers of OxyContin, a painkiller that fuelled a nationwide opioid epidemic. Also: President Trump tells international businesses to move to the US or face ...