Four US drugs companies agree $26 billion opioid crisis settlement • FRANCE 24 English |
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Four #drugs companies in the United States have agreed to pay up to $26 billion to settle claims that they fuelled an opioid addiction crisis in the country. The deal was unveiled by a group of state attorneys general and could settle thousands of cases over the #epidemic. #Opioid addiction is estimated to have claimed over one million lives in the #US. Individual states and local governments will now have to sign up to the deal, but there are divisions over how the payout will be shared.
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