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J&J Opioid Crisis Settlement Overview:
- Who: A $26 billion settlement that will provide payments to states, local governments and opioid epidemic victims has been finalized.
- Why: Opioid distributors and wholesalers have agreed to settle allegations they fueled the opioid epidemic in the United States.
- Where: Once finalized, the opioid settlement payments will be distributed throughout the United States.
Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors have finalized the $26 billion settlement over their alleged roles in the opioid crisis, clearing the way for that money to start flowing to states and local governments to mitigate opioid harm.
On Friday, lawyers for Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson said they agreed to the settlement.
The approval of the deal had been contingent on getting enough participation from a critical mass of state and local governments. The more states and local governments participate in the settlement means there are less that could still sue the companies for similar claims.
Last month, an “unprecedented” number of local governments throughout the United States agreed to participate in the $26 billion opioid crisis settlement.
The deadline to opt in to the opioid settlement was Jan. 26, and approximately 90% of local governments that were eligible to participate indicated they would do so.
Taken together, the settlements are the largest to date among the many opioid-related cases that have been playing out across the country. The funds will be directed at reversing the crisis in places that have been devastated by it, although they will not go directly to any families or individuals hurt by opioids.
Money could start flowing to communities by April, the Associated Press reports.
The drug distributors and wholesalers deny any wrongdoing but agreed to pay $26 billion to escape the litigation.
Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma Still Finalizing Deal
Purdue Pharma, notorious for creating OxyContin, and members of the Sackler family are still in talks but may be nearing a deal worth around $6 billion.
The Sacklers maintain that they have done nothing wrong, but they have faced tremendous backlash for their purported involvement in pushing the sales of OxyContin despite high rates of opioid addiction and overdoses.
Some opioid crisis victims are concerned that the proposed opioid settlements do not provide enough for those who became addicted to prescription opioids and family members who lost loved ones to fatal opioid overdoses.
Even if the opioid settlements are approved, other opioid lawsuits against companies that sold prescription opioid medications will continue.
Major pharmacy chains including CVS, Walgreens and Walmart have denied wrongdoing.
However, they may not be able to avoid liability for their role in the opioid crisis. Last year, an Ohio jury found that the pharmacies did not do enough to keep patients safe when dispensing the pain medication.
Do you think the pharmacies should be liable for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic? Join the discussion in the comments below.
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325 thoughts onJohnson & Johnson Opioid Settlement Finalized For $26B
As a victim of domestic abuse that got me thrown down some concrete steps to the concrete floor below in 2001 I have lived in pain every day! Lower half spine is now titanium but the nerve damage extends above thst also! At one point I could not stand and walk! But my neurosurgeon got me walking again but NOT PAIN FREE and never will be! I did not need the high doses that the pain clinic had me on but I do need them to have a life! Pain clinics don’t want ur doctor treating ur pain therefore making themselves pill mills! Which was were o was sent in the beginning of this nightmare of over medication began! It is a long hard journey to reach point of getting the proper dosages to allow me to have a life. This was achieved through a regular general practitioner since they treat all of u not one symptom of something that is terribly wrong! Pain is ur body’s way of saying “ hey I am damaged seek help get me some relief fix me”! But chronic pain is a very debilitating disease in of itself. But should not be isolated for treatment! Proper dose allows me to live a good life now but pain clinic took that life due to high dosage and number of pills! Being a blob of unfunctionable flesh is no life to live! I need my pain meds to move and my doctor knows my life would be hell without the meds. But the pain clinic messed me up for years! So add me please
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So when will we get compensated for opioids lawsuit?? I’ve been signed up for years now! States got paid and they didn’t suffer any!!
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Please add me, I got addicted to oxycontin after having multiple serguries, I am in a methadone treatment program. I lost everything due to the addition, my home, my job, my family, my car and my pets
Please add me to rhis settlement because I ever since back in August of 2008 I hurt my back and ended up getting surgery which was the first of 2 and became addicted to pain medications ever since the and then had gotten another surgery in 2011 on my lower back again k please keep in touch thanks jscisciani25@gmail.com,
I am sorry to hear of yours and other stories here of lives wrecked over this drug. Never give up hope though, I was on opiates over 20 years but have been clean almost a year and half now. Getting my knees replaced and switching to marijuana saved me from certain death, not only did I fire my pain Dr I have also lost 150lbs through this journey.
I wish you and everyone here the best, compensation would be nice for us but I’m not going to count on until the check is in my hands.
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add me.. Ins companies won’t approve lower prescription levels to help me off my options that I’ve been on 25years instead will only do in house treatment such as for junkys. Which is so wrong
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Plz add me. I’ve been on Opiods since 2009