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Four pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the United States' opioid epidemic would pay up to $26 billion to resolve thousands of claims in federal and state courts. The proposed settlement is the largest unveiled in the multi-year legal effort to hold the industry accountable for the opioids crisis, which has caused more than 500,000 deaths in the US in the last 20 years.

Four drug firms agree to pay $26bn in proposed US opioid settlement

A tentative settlement with Purdue Pharma is in the works with several states and thousands of local governments over its role in the opioid epidemic.

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