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The settlement payout will be delivered “directly” to communities over the next 15 years to support opioid addiction ...

Opioid abuse tells a tragic American story since avoidable deaths began in the 1990s. Nearly 700,000 people lost their lives to overdoses of OxyContin and offshoots of the highly addictive ...

Pennsylvania stands to receive up to $212 million paid out by the family and firm behind the nationwide saturation of OxyContin as part of the latest legal settlement stemming from the ongoing opioid ...

The Florida Attorney General’s Office says the settlement will help fund opioid addiction treatment, prevention and recovery ...

Pennsylvania may receive up to $212 million over 15 years as part of a multi-state lawsuit settlement with Purdue Pharma and ...

GoLocal publishes its most in-depth investigative report on CVS and its President Helena Foulkes's role in the opioid crisis.

This story incorporates reporting fromBoston.com, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Boston Globe, pharmaphorum, Hartford Courant, ...

Purdue Pharma said on Friday it needs more time to build support for a new $7.4 billion settlement that could complete the ...

Tennessee and 15 states have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma for their role in ...

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement, officials in Mass. and ...

The deal represents an increase over a previous settlement rejected by the Supreme Court because it protected members of the ...