Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP have offered roughly $US4.3 billion ($NZ5.9b) to resolve sprawling opioid litigation, up from $3 billion initially proposed in settlement discussions underway in the OxyContin maker's bankruptcy proceedings, four people familiar with the matter said. Pill Man, a sculpture made from US man Frank Huntley's oxycontin and methadone prescription bottles, is seen on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House in Washington in August 2019. Photo: AFP Sackler family members are now willing to contribute $4.275 billion to help settle about 3000 lawsuits brought by US communities seeking to hold them and Purdue responsible for damage wrought by the opioid epidemic, the sources said.