(Reuters) — Drug distributor McKesson Corp. has agreed to pay $37 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of West Virginia seeking to hold it responsible for contributing to the opioid epidemic, the state's attorney general said on Thursday.
The settlement announced by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey resolves a lawsuit he filed in state court in 2016 against McKesson. The deal follows earlier settlements with rivals AmerisourceBergen Corp. and Cardinal Health Inc.
(Reuters) — Purdue Pharma LP and members of the wealthy Sackler family that own the OxyContin maker have reached a $270 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing the company of helping fuel an opioid abuse epidemic, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday.