More than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. have been connected to opioid prescription drugs and illegal opioids since 2000.
Other manufacturers, regional distribution companies and pharmacies will remain in the cases for now.
The state and local governments say distribution companies did not have proper controls to flag or halt shipments to pharmacies that received outsized shares of powerful and addictive prescription painkillers. The companies have maintained they were filling orders of legal drugs placed by doctors—so they shouldn't shoulder blame for the nation's addiction and overdose crisis.
Including the New York case, there are currently three trials across the U.S. of government entities' claims that companies should be held liable for the opioid crisis. One in California focuses solely on drugmakers, and one scheduled to wrap up this month in West Virginia aims only at distributors. That could be ended if a deal is reached.
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