Teva's opi­oid set­tle­ment moves for­ward with par­tic­i­pa­tion from 48 states

Te­va Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals on­ly has two more states to go be­fore the en­tire na­tion has ei­ther reached set­tle­ments or agreed to par­tic­i­pate in a set­tle­ment deal with the gener­ics gi­ant over its role in the US opi­oid epi­dem­ic, the com­pa­ny an­nounced to­day.

With 48 states un­der its belt, Te­va said it’s at “a suf­fi­cient lev­el” to move for­ward with its na­tion­wide set­tle­ment agree­ment to re­solve opi­oid-re­lat­ed claims. Te­va will still con­tin­ue to pur­sue the two hold­out states, New Mex­i­co and Neva­da, in a bid to get them to par­tic­i­pate, the com­pa­ny told End­points News via email.

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