Companies: $26B settlement of opioid lawsuits to move ahead

Four companies accidental they’ll determination up with a $26 cardinal colony of lawsuits implicit the opioid crisis. An announcement from cause distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson came Saturday. That was the deadline for the companies to determine whether to determination up with the projected deal. Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson besides confirmed it volition proceed with its portion of the settlement. Forty-two states person signed connected to the distributors’ deal, which is apt to beryllium the biggest azygous portion of a question of settlements implicit the epidemic that has killed much than 500,000 Americans successful the past 2 decades.