The country’s two largest pharmacy chains said they would pay about $10 billion to settle opioid lawsuits.
The deals are agreements in principle. They would end thousands of suits from state and local governments alleging the stores filled prescriptions they should have suspected were not appropriate, the AP said.
Settlements have already been struck between some of the biggest drugmakers and distribution companies, totaling more than $50 billion. Most of the money must go to state and local governments to fight opioid abuse.
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