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February 26, 2020

Drug Maker Mallinckrodt Reaches $1.6B Settlement for Role in Opioid Crisis
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A British pharmaceutical company has reached a tentative deal to settle
hundreds of U.S. lawsuits over its role in fueling the opioid crisis.
The generic drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt says the $1.6 billion deal
has the support of attorneys general from 47 U.S. states and
territories. Federal data show the company was a top producer of highly
addictive prescription pain medication at the peak of the opioid crisis,
shipping some 2.3 billion pills over an eight-year period beginning in
2006.


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