Teva Inks $4.35bn Nationwide US Opioids Settlement Agreement

US-Wide Documentation To Be Finalized ‘Within The Coming Weeks’

Teva is to put more than $3bn in cash on the table over the next 13 years to resolve longstanding opioid-related claims against the company in the US.

US flag gavel (Andriy Popov/Alamy Stock Photo)
The proposed agreement is subject to several conditions • Source: Shutterstock (Andriy Popov / Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Stock Photo)

Teva looks set to draw a line under its long-running and costly US opioid litigation saga after announcing a nationwide agreement in principle worth $4.35bn, including already concluded agreements, spread over 13 years to resolve most of its cases.

The proposed deal, reached with the working group of states’ attorneys general, counsel for Native American Tribes, and plaintiffs’ lawyers...

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