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Drug distributors strike US$300 million opioid settlement with US health plans

by Riah Marton
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THE three largest US drug distributors have agreed to pay US$300 million to resolve claims by health insurers and benefit plans that they helped fuel the deadly US opioid epidemic, according to court papers filed on Friday (Aug 30).

The proposed class action settlement with McKesson, Cencora and Cardinal Health was disclosed in a filing in federal court in Cleveland, Ohio, and requires a judge’s approval.

Those companies had previously agreed to pay US$21 billion to resolve claims by state and local governments accusing them of having lax controls that allowed massive amounts of addictive painkillers to be diverted into illegal channels.

Paul Geller, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in a statement that Friday’s deal covered third-party payers like union funds that “largely paid for the overprescribed and overmarketed pills and for the treatment required when their plan beneficiaries inevitably suffered opioid use disorder.”

The distributors did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement.

The US$300 million will be paid 38.1 per cent by McKesson, 30.9 per cent by Cardinal and 31 per cent by Cencora, which was previously known as AmerisourceBergen.

The case was among thousands that have been filed seeking to hold various drug makers, distributors and pharmacies responsible for a drug addiction epidemic that resulted in hundreds of thousands of overdose deaths nationally over the last two decades.

The litigation has resulted in more than US$50 billion in settlements, largely with states and local governments. REUTERS

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I'm Riah Marton, a dynamic journalist for Forbes40under40. I specialize in profiling emerging leaders and innovators, bringing their stories to life with compelling storytelling and keen analysis. I am dedicated to spotlighting tomorrow's influential figures.

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