Four big drug firms agree to $260m opioid payout hours before trial set to begin
by Chris McGreal in Cleveland from on (#4SXSA)
- Teva and three drug distributors in last-minute settlement
- Firms were to be accused of profiting from addiction and death
Four 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.
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