Opioid Distributors
May HaveProposed a
$10 Billion Settlement.
The three drug distributors
that reportedly made the
proposal are McKesson,
AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health.
It was reportedly made
during talks with several
state attorneys general.
The National Association
of Attorneys General
made a counter demand
of $45 billion.
Reports of the
offer caused drug
distributor stocks
to tumble.
Thousands of cases
against makers and
distributors of opioids
are now being consolidated.
Opioid litigation
is being compared to
the master settlement tobacco
companies made in the mid-1990s.
130 Americans die
from opioid abuse daily.