EXPLAINER: $26B opioid settlement big step, but not the end
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: $26B opioid settlement big step, but not the end

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A $26 billion settlement between the three biggest U.S. drug distribution companies and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and thousands of states and municipalities that sued over the toll of the opioid crisis is certainly significant — but it is far from tying a neat bow on the tangle of still unresolved lawsuits surrounding the epidemic. In West Virginia, a trial of claims brought by the city of Huntington and surrounding Cabell County against the nation’s three largest opioid distributors is scheduled to wrap up next week. Meanwhile, several California counties — including populous Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Clara — and the city of Oakland went to trial in April in a case alleging four drugmakers were complicit in the U.S. opioid epidemic through the use of deceptive marketing and soft-pedalling the painkillers’ addictive aspect. The plaintiffs contend the chains’ stores in the two counties bought a combined total of nearly 130 million oxycodone and hydrocodone pills — the most frequently diverted and abused painkillers — between 2000 and 2014.

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Kentucky reaches $110 million deal with Kroger to settle its opioid lawsuit
1 day, 17 hours ago

Kentucky reaches $110 million deal with Kroger to settle its opioid lawsuit

Associated Press  

Kentucky will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic, the state’s attorney general said Thursday. “This massive grocery chain that asked for our trust and our business allowed the fire of addiction to spread across the commonwealth, leaving pain and leaving so much brokenness in its …

How are states spending their opioid settlement cash? Look yours up in this database
3 weeks, 5 days ago

How are states spending their opioid settlement cash? Look yours up in this database

NPR  

How are states spending their opioid settlement cash? Look yours up in this database toggle caption Celia Talbot Tobin for KFF Health News In the past few years, state and local governments across the U.S. have begun spending billions in opioid settlements paid by companies accused of fueling the overdose crisis. Across the country, the money supports other innovative treatment …

McKinsey to pay $650m to settle US opioid consulting probe
4 weeks, 1 day ago

McKinsey to pay $650m to settle US opioid consulting probe

Al Jazeera  

Prosecutors say McKinsey provided Purdue advice on measures it could take to ‘turbocharge’ OxyContin sales. Consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay $650m to resolve a United States Department of Justice investigation into the consulting firm’s work advising opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma on how to boost OxyContin sales. “We are deeply sorry for our past client service to …

How should the opioid settlements be spent? Those hit hardest often don’t have a say
1 month ago

How should the opioid settlements be spent? Those hit hardest often don’t have a say

Associated Press  

People with substance use disorder across the country are not getting a formal say in how most of the approximately $50 billion in opioid lawsuit settlement money is being used to stem the crisis, a new analysis found. Brandon Marshall, a professor of epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health and a former member of the Rhode Island …

Philadelphia criticized for how it's spending millions from opioid lawsuits
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Philadelphia criticized for how it's spending millions from opioid lawsuits

NPR  

Philadelphia criticized for how it's spending millions from opioid lawsuits toggle caption Solmaira Valerio Ever since moving in five years ago, Tiffany has been unable to open her house's windows. Over a third of that pot, $7.5 million, was set aside specifically for Kensington, and divided into five "buckets" — for parks, schools, home repairs, rent relief, and support for …

We checked up on the states that promise transparency on opioid settlement funds
2 months ago

We checked up on the states that promise transparency on opioid settlement funds

NPR  

We checked up on the states that promise transparency on opioid settlement funds toggle caption Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images To discover how millions in opioid settlement funds are being spent in Idaho, you can visit the attorney general’s website, which hosts 91 documents from state and local entities getting the money. Victims of the crisis, advocates, and public policy …

California finalizes $122 million opioid settlement with grocery giant Kroger
2 months ago

California finalizes $122 million opioid settlement with grocery giant Kroger

LA Times  

California will receive $122 million in a settlement agreement with Kroger, the grocery chain and parent company of Ralphs, to resolve lawsuits over its alleged role in the opioid crisis and how its pharmacies dispensed prescription painkillers to customers. The settlement agreement calls for the company to pay $1.2 billion to state and local governments and $36 million to Native …

In California, opioid settlement money helps fund lifesaving drugs and police projects
6 months ago

In California, opioid settlement money helps fund lifesaving drugs and police projects

LA Times  

Sonja Verdugo distributes naloxone, clean needles and other products aimed at reducing risk among those living in homeless encampments around Los Angeles. In California, local governments must report how they spend settlement funds to the state’s Department of Health Care Services, but there’s no requirement that the reports be made public. The opioid settlement money “was invaluable,” Corina Hahn, the …

Maine attorney general announces resource center to aid local opioid settlement spending
6 months, 1 week ago

Maine attorney general announces resource center to aid local opioid settlement spending

Associated Press  

The attorney general’s office is putting nearly $2.5 million toward a resource center that will offer assistance to Maine counties, cities and towns as they decide how to spend opioid settlement funds, Attorney General Aaron Frey told The Maine Monitor in an exclusive interview. In June, Frey’s office signed a contract with the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute …

Arizona AG sues governor for attempt to swipe opioid funding for Department of Corrections
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Arizona AG sues governor for attempt to swipe opioid funding for Department of Corrections

Salon  

An Arizona judge has temporarily blocked Governor Katie Hobbs from accessing the state’s share of a national opioid settlement to fill a budget gap, at the request of the state’s Democratic attorney general. Movement of a $115 million sum, part of Arizona’s $1.14 billion portion of the settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies that exacerbated an opioid crisis across the United …

Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements

Associated Press  

Settlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to small towns and big cities across the U.S., but advocates worry that chunks of it may be used in ways that don’t make a dent in the crisis. As state and local governments navigate how to use the money, advocates say local governments may …

OxyContin marketer, opioid maker announce settlements totaling $500 million
11 months, 1 week ago

OxyContin marketer, opioid maker announce settlements totaling $500 million

Associated Press  

An advertising agency that helped develop marketing campaigns for OxyContin and other prescription painkillers and a drugmaker announced separate agreements Thursday worth a total of $500 million to avoid going to trial on claims that they bore some responsibility for the nation’s opioid crisis. The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who led negotiations with the company, said …

Consulting giant McKinsey agrees to $78 million settlement in opioid case
1 year ago

Consulting giant McKinsey agrees to $78 million settlement in opioid case

Hindustan Times  

A $78 million settlement has been reached between McKinsey and Co., a consulting firm, and a group of insurers and healthcare funds who accused the firm of contributing to the opioid addiction crisis through its work with drug manufacturers. The settlement would create a fund that McKinsey would use to pay back insurers, private benefit plans and others who incurred …

Consulting firm McKinsey agrees to $78 million settlement with insurers over opioids
1 year ago

Consulting firm McKinsey agrees to $78 million settlement with insurers over opioids

Associated Press  

Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its work with drug companies helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis. Under the agreement, McKinsey would establish a fund to reimburse insurers, private benefit plans and others for some or all of their prescription opioid costs. The insurers argued …

Consulting firm McKinsey agrees to $78 million settlement with insurers over opioids
1 year ago

Consulting firm McKinsey agrees to $78 million settlement with insurers over opioids

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. …

Local governments in West Virginia to start seeing opioid settlement money this year
1 year, 2 months ago

Local governments in West Virginia to start seeing opioid settlement money this year

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Local governments in West Virginia will start seeing opioid settlement money by the year’s end, the board in charge of distributing the lion’s share of around $1 billion in funds announced Monday. Around $73.5 million will be deployed to municipalities and counties this calendar year in the state most hard-hit by the opioid epidemic, according to Jefferson …

As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work
1 year, 2 months ago

As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work

Associated Press  

FINDLAY, Ohio — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements. Jesse Johnson of the Family Resource Center, right, walks with client Tyler Baker to the Hancock County Adult Probation office for a random drug test in Findlay, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Tyler Baker retrieves fentanyl from …

Kroger agrees to pay up to $1.4 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
1 year, 4 months ago

Kroger agrees to pay up to $1.4 billion to settle opioid lawsuits

The Independent  

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Nevada secures $285M opioid settlement with Walgreens, bringing total settlements to $1 billion
1 year, 6 months ago

Nevada secures $285M opioid settlement with Walgreens, bringing total settlements to $1 billion

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The state of Nevada has reached a $285 million settlement with Walgreens regarding the pharmacy chain’s role in the opioid epidemic, the state’s top lawyer announced Wednesday. The last in a series of multiyear settlements with pharmaceutical companies, retailers and others, it pushes Nevada’s total anticipated payments stemming from opioid claims to $1.1 billion, state Attorney General …

Nevada secures $152 million opioid settlement with pharmacy chain CVS
1 year, 7 months ago

Nevada secures $152 million opioid settlement with pharmacy chain CVS

Associated Press  

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada and pharmacy chain CVS have reached a nearly $152 million settlement to be paid over the next decade to end a lawsuit over opioid claims, state Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Tuesday. It also puts the total money Nevada expects to receive from opioid litigation settlements since 2020 at $606 million, according to Ford’s office. …

West Virginia settles with Kroger, opioid money now tops $1B
1 year, 8 months ago

West Virginia settles with Kroger, opioid money now tops $1B

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has settled with Kroger for $68 million over its role in distributing highly addictive prescription painkillers into the U.S. state that has lost more lives to opioid overdoses per capita than any other. That brings West Virginia’s total opioid litigation dollars up to more than $1 billion, more than any other state per capita, Attorney …

Doctor gets nearly 17 years in prison for vast opioid scheme
1 year, 11 months ago

Doctor gets nearly 17 years in prison for vast opioid scheme

Associated Press  

DETROIT — A Detroit-area doctor was sentenced Monday to nearly 17 years in prison and ordered to pay $30 million for leading a scheme to bill Medicare and private insurers for unnecessary painkiller injections and write prescriptions for millions of opioids. Frank Patino’s fraud lasted years and was one of the most egregious health care schemes in U.S. history, prosecutors …

Opioid legal charge pushes Walgreens to $3.7B fiscal 1Q loss
2 years ago

Opioid legal charge pushes Walgreens to $3.7B fiscal 1Q loss

Associated Press  

A huge opioid settlement dragged Walgreens to a $3.7 billion loss for the first quarter, but the drugstore chain still beat Wall Street forecasts. Sales from Walgreens’ U.S. pharmacies slid 3% to $27.2 billion compared to the previous year’s quarter. Walgreens’ developing U.S. health care business brought in first-quarter sales of $989 million after totaling $51 million a year ago. …

California to receive $470 million from CVS in opioid settlement
2 years ago

California to receive $470 million from CVS in opioid settlement

LA Times  

Lawsuits by numerous states accused CVS and other pharmacy chains of fueling the opioid crisis by filling prescriptions that should have been flagged as inappropriate. California is expected to receive about $470 million from a multistate settlement with CVS over allegations that the pharmacy chain contributed to the country’s opioid crisis, the state attorney general’s office said Tuesday. Last year, …

50 states sign up for Walmart’s opioid settlement framework
2 years ago

50 states sign up for Walmart’s opioid settlement framework

CNN  

New York CNN — Walmart said it has reached settlement agreements with all 50 US states as part of a $3.1 billion nationwide opioid settlement announced last month. In November, the retailer announced a settlement from multiple states’ attorneys general that accused the company of failing to regulate opioid prescriptions contributing to the nationwide opioid crisis. The settlement, according to …

California could receive more than $500 million from Walgreens opioid settlement
2 years ago

California could receive more than $500 million from Walgreens opioid settlement

LA Times  

California could see more than $500 million from a $5.7-billion multistate agreement with Walgreens to settle lawsuits over its role in the opioid epidemic. California could receive more than $500 million from a $5.7-billion multistate agreement to settle a raft of lawsuits filed against Walgreens over the pharmacy chain’s role in the opioid crisis, officials said. “The settlement will resolve …

CVS and Walgreens agree to pay $10 billion to settle lawsuits linked to opioid sales
2 years ago

CVS and Walgreens agree to pay $10 billion to settle lawsuits linked to opioid sales

NPR  

CVS and Walgreens agree to pay $10 billion to settle lawsuits linked to opioid sales Enlarge this image toggle caption Keith Srakocic/AP Keith Srakocic/AP CVS and Walgreens have agreed to pay more than $10 billion to several states in a settlement of lawsuits brought against them alleging their roles in the opioid crisis. CVS would pay nearly $5 billion over …

Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
2 years, 1 month ago

Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits

Associated Press  

Walmart proposed a $3.1 billion legal settlement on Tuesday over the toll of powerful prescription opioids sold at its pharmacies, becoming the latest major drug industry player to promise major support to state, local and tribal governments still grappling with a crisis in overdose deaths. Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart said in a statement that it “strongly disputes” allegations in lawsuits from …

New York could get $524M under opioid settlements with Teva
2 years, 2 months ago

New York could get $524M under opioid settlements with Teva

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York will receive up to $524 million from drugmaker Teva to settle claims that the company contributed to the U.S. opioid epidemic, the largest amount secured from an opioid manufacturer or distributor sued by the state, Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. New York will additionally receive $211 million from a $4.3 billion national settlement Teva …

CVS, Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10B
2 years, 2 months ago

CVS, Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10B

Associated Press  

The two largest U.S. pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreen Co., announced agreements in principle Wednesday to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the toll of opioids, and a lawyer said Walmart, a third pharmacy behemoth, is in discussions for a deal. Walgreens said in a statement: “As one of the largest pharmacy chains in the …

US pharmacy companies reach $10bn settlement over opioid claims
2 years, 2 months ago

US pharmacy companies reach $10bn settlement over opioid claims

Al Jazeera  

The deals mean CVS and Walgreens will pay more than $10bn for their roles in the opioid crisis that continues to claim thousands of lives in US. Two US pharmacy chains have reached a tentative settlement over lawsuits brought by state, local, and tribal governments accusing the companies of contributing to the opioid crisis through irresponsible practices. CVS Health and …

McKinsey reaches deal with US local governments over opioids
2 years, 2 months ago

McKinsey reaches deal with US local governments over opioids

Al Jazeera  

Leading consulting firm McKinsey & Co has agreed to settle claims by hundreds of United States local governments and school districts around the country that it fuelled an epidemic of opioid addiction through its work for bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and other drug companies. McKinsey previously agreed to pay more than $600m to settle opioid claims brought by …

$500M-plus from opioid deal starts heading to Washington
2 years, 3 months ago

$500M-plus from opioid deal starts heading to Washington

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — The first payments from a $518 million settlement with the nation’s three largest opioid distributors will begin reaching Washington communities in December, providing much-needed cash officials can use to hire first responders or direct toward prevention, treatment and other services, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Monday. “These significant resources will help Washington fight back against the opioid epidemic …

Advocates seek more say in how opioid settlements are spent
2 years, 3 months ago

Advocates seek more say in how opioid settlements are spent

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The tattoos on Billie Stafford’s hands — inspired by street art and full of references to her work helping prevent drug-related deaths — have become an indelible memorial to the friend who inked them and the opioid crisis that killed him in April. “They don’t have to come and write 20 names on a wall because everyone’s …

Judge: Pharmacies owe 2 Ohio counties $650M in opioids suit
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge: Pharmacies owe 2 Ohio counties $650M in opioids suit

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that sued CVS, Walgreens and Walmart over the way the national pharmacy chains distributed opioids to their communities. U.S. District Judge Dan Polster said in his ruling that the money will be used to the fight the opioid crisis in Lake and Trumbull …

Drugmaker Teva latest to settle opioid lawsuits nationally
2 years, 5 months ago

Drugmaker Teva latest to settle opioid lawsuits nationally

Associated Press  

Drugmaker Teva announced Tuesday that it has agreed to contribute more than $4.3 billion in cash and medications to settle lawsuits in the state and local governments and Native American tribes that claimed the company contributed to the U.S. opioid epidemic. In their lawsuits, state governments and others claimed the Israel-based company promoted Actiq and Fentora, prescription opioids approved to …

San Francisco reaches $58m opioid settlement with Teva, Allergan
2 years, 5 months ago

San Francisco reaches $58m opioid settlement with Teva, Allergan

Al Jazeera  

Teva will pay $25m in cash and contribute a $20m supply of an overdose-reversal drug, while AbbVie’s Allergan will pay $13m. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and AbbVie’s Allergan unit on Tuesday reached a $58m settlement with the United States city of San Francisco just before completion of a trial over claims that they fuelled an opioid epidemic in the city. Under …

US judge finds for 3 drug distributors in WVa opioid lawsuit
2 years, 6 months ago

US judge finds for 3 drug distributors in WVa opioid lawsuit

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit that accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction. “In view of the court’s findings and conclusions, the court finds that judgment should …

Tentative $161.5M settlement reached in WVa opioid trial
2 years, 7 months ago

Tentative $161.5M settlement reached in WVa opioid trial

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Attorneys for the state of West Virginia and two remaining pharmaceutical manufacturers have reached a tentative $161.5 million settlement just as closing arguments were set to begin in a seven-week trial over the opioid epidemic, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Wednesday. West Virginia had reached a $99 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals …

Judge to decide how much pharmacies owe over opioid crisis
2 years, 8 months ago

Judge to decide how much pharmacies owe over opioid crisis

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — A hearing has begun in federal court in Cleveland for a judge to determine how much CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies should pay two Ohio counties to help them ease the ongoing costs and problems caused by the opioid crisis. Drug overdose deaths increased since 2015 because of synthetic opioids like fentanyl in the two counties, Keyes said, …

US judge to decide how much pharmacies owe over opioid crisis
2 years, 8 months ago

US judge to decide how much pharmacies owe over opioid crisis

Al Jazeera  

Approximately 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County between 2012 and 2016 — 400 for every county resident — while 61 million pills were dispensed in Lake County during that five-year period — 265 pills for every resident. That is the question in front of a federal judge in Cleveland, who will begin hearing testimony on Tuesday after …

Washington reaches $518M settlement with opioid distributors
2 years, 8 months ago

Washington reaches $518M settlement with opioid distributors

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Months into a complex trial over their role in flooding Washington with highly addictive painkillers, the nation’s three largest opioid distributors agreed Tuesday to pay the state $518 million, with the vast majority being directed toward easing the addiction epidemic. Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the deal, noting that it’s worth tens of millions of dollars more than …

Washington state reaches $518m settlement with opioid suppliers
2 years, 8 months ago

Washington state reaches $518m settlement with opioid suppliers

Al Jazeera  

The agreement ends a months-long trial over the companies’ alleged role in fuelling the opioid epidemic in the state, the three companies said on Tuesday. Washington has reached a $518m settlement with drug distributors McKesson Corp, AmerisourceBergen Corp and Cardinal Health, ending a months-long trial over the companies’ alleged role in fuelling the opioid epidemic in the northwestern United States …

J&J’s Janssen settles with WVa for $99M in opioid lawsuit
2 years, 8 months ago

J&J’s Janssen settles with WVa for $99M in opioid lawsuit

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia will receive $99 million in a settlement finalized Monday with Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. over the drugmaker’s role in perpetuating the opioid crisis in the state that has long led the nation in drug overdose deaths. State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said during a news briefing that he believes West Virginia’s settlement …

EXPLAINER: Where do US opioid trials, settlements stand?
2 years, 8 months ago

EXPLAINER: Where do US opioid trials, settlements stand?

Associated Press  

The effort to hold drug companies, pharmacies and distributors accountable for their role in the opioid crisis has led to a whirlwind of legal activity around the U.S. that can be difficult keep tabs on. OTHER DRUGMAKERS In a major court victory for drugmakers last year, a California judge ruled against some local governments in their case against pharmaceutical companies …

Trial Opens In Florida Opioid Lawsuit Case Against Walgreens
2 years, 8 months ago

Trial Opens In Florida Opioid Lawsuit Case Against Walgreens

Huff Post  

MILL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 06: An exterior view of a Walgreens store on January 06, 2022 in Mill Valley, California. Trial opened Monday in Florida’s opioid epidemic lawsuit against the Walgreens pharmacy chain, which state officials accuse of prioritizing profits over health by improperly dispensing millions of powerful painkillers that caused tens of thousands of deaths. Justin Sullivan via …

Walgreens goes to trial in Florida lawsuit on opioids
2 years, 9 months ago

Walgreens goes to trial in Florida lawsuit on opioids

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Most of the defendants in Florida’s lawsuit over the opioid epidemic have settled for more than $870 million, according to the state attorney general. As examples of excess, Moody said in a statement that one Walgreens outlet sold 2.2 million opioid tablets in the town of Hudson, Florida, which has about 12,000 residents. “It’s time for …

West Virginia reaches $26M settlement with opioid maker Endo
2 years, 9 months ago

West Virginia reaches $26M settlement with opioid maker Endo

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia will receive $26 million in a settlement with the opioid maker Endo Health Solutions for the company’s role in perpetuating the state’s drug epidemic, the attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Endo would have been part of that trial if the state and the company hadn’t come to a settlement agreement over the last several months, …

Purdue Pharma, U.S. states agree to new opioid settlement
2 years, 10 months ago

Purdue Pharma, U.S. states agree to new opioid settlement

LA Times  

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a settlement Thursday over its role in the nation’s deadly opioid crisis that includes U.S. states and thousands of local governments, with the Sackler family members who own the company boosting their cash contribution to as much as $6 billion. While the families have acted lawfully in all respects, they sincerely regret that OxyContin, a …

J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement
2 years, 10 months ago

J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement

Associated Press  

CAMDEN, N.J. — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday, an announcement that clears the way for $26 billion to flow to nearly every state and local government in the U.S. Taken together, the settlements are the largest to date among the many opioid-related cases that have …

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