For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid OxyContin for the treatment of chronic pain.

It’s based on an opioid ... settlement offer that would have given them immunity from any further prosecution – while also putting Purdue into bankruptcy. But that was rejected by US courts ...

The deal announced on Thursday represents an increase of more than $1bn over a previous settlement ... then, opioids have been linked to hundreds of thousands of overdose deaths in the US.

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families agreed Thursday to increase their financial contribution to $7.4 billion to resolve mass opioid litigation.

A bipartisan coalition of states has reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their former company Purdue Pharma over their role in the opioid crisis.

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have increased their cash offer to settle the litigation — but with a novel catch. Under the framework for a new deal, the Sacklers would not receive immunity from future opioid lawsuits ...

In 2021, Montana received $1.9 million from a settlement with McKinsey & Company, one of the world’s largest consulting firms, regarding the company’s role in working for opioid companies ...

which must be approved by a US bankruptcy judge before it becomes final. Connecticut attorney General William Tong said that the settlement would help provide closure to victims of the opioid ...

McKinsey & Co. partners have been questioning ... the Asian superpower’s increasingly volatile relationship with the US. Some senior partners have been voicing these concerns since late last ...