The Sacklers reached a new $7.4 billion settlement
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All 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and U.S. territories have approved a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, over the company’s improper marketing of opioids.
The deal was filed with a federal judge in March, after negotiations with state attorneys general. If this plan is finalized, payouts will occur over the next 15 years.
This settlement will have to be approved by a federal bankruptcy court. Experts tell NPR, this version of the deal is likely to be accepted by the courts and by the U.S. Justice Department.
“After five years of litigation and three years in bankruptcy, we are pleased that all 55 eligible states and territories have unanimously agreed to accept,” said members of the National Prescription Opiate Litigation Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee.
“Creditors can preserve their right to take legal action against the Sacklers if they do not opt in to the Sackler releases contained in the Plan,” Purdue Pharma said in a statement.
In a statement, New York’s Attorney General Letitia James said the plan will “hold the Sackler family accountable” for what she described as their “leading role in fueling the epidemic of opioid addiction and overdoses.”
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