Family and company to make payment to group of US states and other parties to settle long-running litigation over OxyContin’s role in opioid epidemic

The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma have agreed to pay a $7.4 billion settlement to end federal court claims filed by attorneys general on behalf of 15 states.

The Sackler family and the opioid maker they founded, Purdue Pharma, have together agreed to pay $7.4bn to settle liabilities over their roles in the opioid crisis, ending months of negotiations after a previous deal fell apart.