Johnson & Johnson has settled its Ohio lawsuits for $20 million to avoid a federal opioid trial
: Johnson & Johnson has settled with two counties in Ohio for $20.4 million as it seeks to avoid a looming federal trial targeting the role of major pharmaceutical giants in the opioid crisis.
The consumer and medical goods giant paid $10 million to Cuyahoga and Summit counties, providing an additional $5 million to cover their legal fees, and a $5.4 million donation to charities and opioid-related programs.The settlement comes after the company was fined $572.1 million after a judge found the firm responsible for fuelling Oklahoma’s opioid crisis via a “multi-billion-dollar brainwashing campaign,” which led to the overprescription of Duragesic, also known as fentanyl, and Nucynta.
Johnson & Johnson is one of a raft of pharmaceutical firms to avoid the federal trial by settling. Endo International settled for more than $10 million with two Ohio counties over opioid-related lawsuits, while Allergan: “The settlement allows the Company to avoid the resource demands and uncertainty of a trial as it continues to seek meaningful progress in addressing the nation’s opioid crisis.
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