A Duane Reade by Walgreens drug store is in the Oculus Transportation Hub at the World Trade Center. New York State will receive more than $1 billion from negotiated agreements with Teva, CVS and Walgreens. Photo: Ted Shaffrey/AP
A “complex and unprecedented” slate of previously announced settlements between a number of states and CVS, Walgreens and manufacturers Allergan and Teva Pharmaceuticals for those companies’ roles in fueling the national opioid epidemic have been finalized, the jurisdictions said Friday.
An additional $18.75 billion will now be provided to communities throughout the country to address the epidemic, according to the National Prescription Opiate Litigation Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, which partnered with a number of state attorneys general, including in New York, California and Connecticut, to resolve the matter.
