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West Virginia cities reach deal with wholesalers over opioid crisis

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August 2, 2022
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West Virginia cities and counties reached a $400 million settlement with McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health to resolve the allegations that the three wholesalers fueled an opioid crisis in the state, Reuters notes. More than 100 local governments had sued the distributors, alleging they recklessly oversupplied West Virginia with prescription pain medication. The settlement ends those lawsuits and builds on previous settlements reached by the companies with the state Attorney General’s office. Along with Johnson & Johnson, the distributors previously agreed to a $26 billion nationwide settlement of opioid litigation, but that settlement did not include West Virginia.

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