An upgraded compensation package will see the owners of Purdue Pharma pay around $6 billion to bring an end to civil litigation related to the opioid epidemic in the USA.
In July 2021 the Sackler family obtained the backing of 15 US states for a settlement, worth around $4.5 billion, to pay for damages caused by its involvement in the crisis.
Lawmakers allege that Purdue helped fuel a crisis of addiction to prescription opioids through its marketing of opioid-based analgesic Oxycontin (oxycodone).
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