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Purdue Pharma, Sacklers reach new settlement agreement in opioid cases

The Hill

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The deal announced on Thursday represents an increase of more than $1bn over a previous settlement that was rejected last year by the United States Supreme Court.
Aljazeera
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It’s among the largest settlements reached over the past several years in a series of lawsuits by local, state, Native American tribal governments and others seeking to hold companies responsible for a deadly epidemic.
Guardian
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Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller
The Independent
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A group of 15 states have reached a tentative new deal that would require them to set aside hundreds of millions of dollars from the settlement in a legal-defense fund for the family.
The New York Times

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