Under the deal announced Thursday night, the
Endo, which also settled claims recently with a group of local and county governments in
“This agreement ensures funding will be made available for critical abatement programs in a more expedited fashion,”
Conroy said a trial, which has been going on for about two months in
The plaintiffs say that companies improperly marketed opioids, downplaying the addiction risks, and that big shipments were not flagged as suspicious.
Those four companies have since announced a tentative
Last week, a federal bankruptcy judge gave conditional approval to a plan to allow OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to settle some 3,000 claims it faces.
Opioids, including prescription painkillers and illicit drugs such as heroin and illegally produced fentanyl, have been linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the
As settlements are reached, it means companies are starting to fund drug treatment and education programs.
Other trials are queued up across the
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