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Latest opioid settlement plan with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler family getting few objections
The settlement includes up to $7 billion in Sackler family payments and $850 million for individuals, aiming to fund opioid crisis mitigation and end years of litigation.
- Lawyers representing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, and others across the U.S. are expected to urge a bankruptcy court judge to approve a plan to settle thousands of opioid-related lawsuits against the company.
- If approved, the plan would close a long legal battle over Purdue's role in the opioid crisis that has caused 900,000 deaths in the U.S. since 1999.
- The Sackler family members would be required to pay up to $7 billion and give up ownership of Purdue, which would get a new name and dedicate future profits to battling the opioid crisis.
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The pharmaceutical company of the Sackler family is considered to be jointly responsible for hundreds of thousands of opioid deaths. Now seven billion US dollars are to be paid in compensation.
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Latest opioid settlement plan with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler family getting few objections
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Purdue Pharma is considered one of the largest companies in the crisis of opi ides, which has been linked to 900 000 deaths in the United States since 1999.
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