Four big drug firms agree to $260m opioid payout hours before trial set to begin

Teva and three drug distributors in last-minute settlementFirms were to be accused of profiting from addiction and deathFour major pharmaceutical companies agreed to a multimillion-dollar payout over the US opioid epidemic on Monday, hours before a landmark federal trial in which they were facing accusations of a conspiracy to profit from addiction and death.Related:Why were millions of opioid pills sent to a West Virginia town of 3,000?Continue reading...
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