All 50 states and US territories agreed to a $7.4B settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners yesterday over the company's role in the opioid crisis. If approved, the payout will resolve thousands of outstanding lawsuits but still allow future litigation. It is the largest settlement of its kind surrounding the decades long epidemic.
Purdue released OxyContin, a powerful prescription painkiller, in the 1990s. The drug has since been blamed for fueling the opioid epidemic, resulting in over 645,000 US deaths since 1999. Purdue filed for bankruptcy in 2019 to settle lawsuits accusing it of downplaying the drug's addictive nature.
On another front, the $2.6 Billion Dollar BC/BS Settlement For Medical Centers, Doctors and Hospitals Is Closing on July 29. It has already been approved.
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