Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, are set to pay $7.4 billion to settle lawsuits regarding the drug company’s manufacturing and distribution of opioids.
The Sackler family and its company had agreed to bump up their settlement contribution to $7.4 billion in January. On Monday, officials announced the attorneys general in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and four U.S. territories agreed to the settlement.
