Purdue Pharma, Sacklers reach $6 billion deal with state attorneys general
The deal, hashed out over weeks of intense negotiations, raises the amount paid by the Sacklers by more than $1 billion. In exchange, the family members win immunity from civil opioid lawsuits.
Nine state attorneys general have agreed to drop their objection to a deal granting immunity from opioid lawsuits to members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin.
In exchange, the family has agreed to increase the amount it pays from personal holdings from roughly $4.5 billion under a previous settlement to $6 billion.
Washington state Attorney General Robert Ferguson described the terms of the new settlement as a victory.
"Rather than join the majority of states in
