Native Americans have suffered from the opioid epidemic, their lawyers say. They have reached a settlement in principle with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals and three drug distributors, attorneys representing the tribes say.
Native American tribes, who have"suffered some of the worst consequences of the opioid epidemic of any population in the United States," have reached a settlement in principle with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals and three drug distributors, attorneys representing the tribes said Tuesday.
The settlement -- which has been agreed to in principle, but still requires finalization -- says the pharmaceutical giant will pay $150 million to tribal communities over two years.The distributors -- AmerisourceBergen Corp., McKesson Corp., and Cardinal Health, Inc. -- will pay nearly $440 million over the course of seven years, according to documents filed in US District Court Northern District of Ohio.
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