The proposed settlement hopes to end nearly 4,000 lawsuits filed by dozens of US states and local governments.
NEW YORK - Three pharmaceutical companies said on Saturday they had received enough support from US states to move to the next stage of a $26 billion settlement over thousands of legal claims related to the opioid epidemic.
The companies said they had "determined that enough states have agreed to settle to proceed to the next phase". Each participating state now has until 2 January to ask their local governments if they want to be part of the settlement.
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