Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller,

The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma agreed to pay $7.4 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said that the state could receive up to $108 million of the settlement money.

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

Bankrupt Purdue Pharma LP and its owners have agreed to over $7 billion settlement to resolve lawsuits over OxyContin's role in the opioid epidemic. The deal follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of a $6 billion agreement last year.

Everything in my life is shaped by a company that put profits over human lives,” one woman who became addicted to OxyContin said.

Utah will receive $57 million to combat the state’s opioid crisis if it joins the $7.4 billion settlement against the Sackler family and their former company, Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin. The Utah Attorney General’s Office and Utah’s Department of Commerce Division of Consumer Protection said they expect to join the settlement in a

A new $7.4 billion settlement with states has been reached with Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners. We'll unpack.