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This Saturday Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, announced that Johnson & Johnson agreed to end the manufacturing and sale of opioids nationwide and reached a settlement of $ 230 millions of dollars that will be paid to the state of New York .
As part of the agreement, the pharmacist will allocate payments for nine years, however , could pay an additional $ 30 million dollars if new state legislation creates a new opioid settlement fund .
The company confirmed in a statement that no has marketed opioids in the United States since 2015 and that he suspended the business in 2020.
The main argument of the lawsuits indicate that companies have over-prescribed drugs causing consumers to become addicted and abuse other illegal forms of opioids , however the companies have defended themselves by saying that they have only distributed the necessary amount to help people with medical problems.
In a statement released this Saturday, the New York attorney general clarifies that: “the opioid epidemic has wreaked havoc in countless communities the state of New York and the rest of the country, leaving millions of people still addicted to dangerous and deadly opioids. ”
The demand for $ 2, 000 million dollars began in September 2020, when New York State sued Johnson & Johnson for allegedly committing insurance fraud by promoting addictive painkillers .
It is estimated that the opioid crisis has killed more than 500, 000 people in the United States during the last twenty years according to a report prepared by the CDC .
The lawsuit for the opioid lawsuit in New York against the rest of the companies such as Purdue Pharma which last year filed for bankruptcy after receiving hundreds of lawsuits , Mallinckrodt LLC, Endo Health Solutions, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, and Allergan Finance LLC will begin this week ahead.
Late of 2020 The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Walmart accusing the company of helping fuel America’s opioid crisis by illegally distributing controlled substances to its pharmacies across the country.
The 2019 posted a record by posting more than 30, 000 fatal opioid overdoses, based on data from l as federal authorities.
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