"Opioid Marketers and Advertisers Settle for $500 Million in Landmark Agreements"
TL;DR
Publicis Health and Hikma Pharmaceuticals have reached separate settlements totaling $500 million to avoid trial over their involvement in the opioid crisis. Publicis, the first advertising company to settle over opioids, agreed to pay $350 million and release internal documents detailing its work for Purdue Pharma. Hikma agreed to pay $115 million in cash and provide $35 million worth of an overdose reversal drug to governments. The opioid crisis has led to settlements totaling over $50 billion, with one of the largest involving Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family.
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- OxyContin marketer, opioid maker announce settlements totaling $500 million The Associated Press
- An OxyContin advertiser will pay $350 million in the first-ever opioid marketing settlement CNN
- Publicis Health settlement: $2 million going to New Hampshire WMUR Manchester
- Ad giant Publicis paying $350 million to settle U.S. opioid crisis claims CNBC
- New Hampshire voters who've lost children to opioids say crisis being neglected ABC News
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