Tentative $161.5 million settlement reached in opioid trial
Companies, agencies, institutions, etc
Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc.
AbbVie’s Allergan
Narcan
now.”Under
Johnson & Johnson's
Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Endo Health Solutions
McKesson Corp.
Cardinal Health Inc.
AmerisourceBergen Drug Co.
OxyContin
Purdue Pharma
People
Patrick Morrisey
Geoff Mulvihill
Groups
Americans
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Locations
West Virginia
W.Va
Washington
Alabama
Purdue
Charleston
Cabell County
Huntington
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Summary
The board members will have expertise in fields such as mental health, substance misuse and law enforcement.West Virginia had reached a $99 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. last month over the drugmaker's role in perpetuating the opioid crisis in the state that has long led the nation in drug overdose deaths.Before the trial started, Morrisey's office announced the state settled part of the lawsuit involving another defendant, Endo Health Solutions, for $26 million.In separate, similar lawsuits, the state of West Virginia previously reached a $37 million settlement with McKesson Corp.
As said here by ABC News