Pharma companies were accused of downplaying risks of addiction associated with opioid use while overstating the benefits
and two remaining pharmaceutical manufacturers have reached a tentative $161.5m settlement just as closing arguments were set to begin in a seven-week trial over the opioid epidemic, the state attorney general, Patrick Morrisey, said on Wednesday.
The judge agreed to put the trial on hold to give the parties the opportunity to reach a full settlement agreement in the upcoming weeks. No financial terms were announced.The trial started on 4 April. The lawsuit accused the defendants of downplaying the risks of addiction associated with opioid use while overstating the benefits.
Before the trial started, Morrisey’s office announced the state settled part of the lawsuit involving another defendant, Endo Health Solutions, for $26m.
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