By 2025-11-18, a series of opioid-related settlements brought by state and local governments against drugmakers, wholesalers, and pharmacies had totaled about $50 billion.
November 18, 2025
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Cumulative monetary value of multiple legal settlements addressing opioid-related claims.
Aggregate settlements by state and local governments against drugmakers, wholesalers, and pharmacies over the opioid crisis have totaled about $50 billion.
November 18, 2025
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Total value of multiple opioid-related settlement agreements involving governments and various parts of the pharmaceutical distribution chain.
Major lawsuits filed by government entities against drugmakers, drug wholesalers, and pharmacy chains have settled for a combined total of about $50 billion, with most of those settlement funds designated for efforts to address the opioid crisis.
November 14, 2025
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Aggregate value of major settlements resolving government litigation related to the opioid crisis.
State and local government settlements with drugmakers, wholesalers, and pharmacies over opioid-related claims have totaled about $50 billion.
November 14, 2025
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Cumulative monetary settlements reached between government entities and private companies in opioid-related litigation.