US opioid crisis: Drug firms agree $26 billion settlement
The landmark deal would see Johnson & Johnson, along with three other drug distributors, pay out to resolve thousands of legal claims over the opioid epidemic.
The opioids crisis has caused more than 500,000 deaths in the US in the last 20 years
A group of US state prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled a landmark settlement with large drug companies over the deadly nationwide opioid crisis.
What are the details of the deal?
Three drug distributors, McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen, are expected to pay a combined $21 billion. Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson (J&J) would pay $5 billion.
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