Opioid Settlement: Reckitt Benckiser Agrees To Pay $1.4 Billion
British company Reckitt Benckiser
has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to resolve all U.S. government investigations and claims in what is the biggest drug industry settlement to date stemming from the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.
In a statement Thursday,
Reckitt Benckiser
denied wrongdoing but said the settlement deal “avoids the costs, uncertainty and distraction associated with continued investigations, litigation and the potential for an indictment.”
The company’s former Indivior division,
spun off in 2014, makes an opioid-addiction drug called Suboxone Film that dissolves under the tongue.
In April, the Justice Department charged Indivior with felony fraud and conspiracy.
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