Indiana will receive as much as $100 million as part of a $7.4 billion settlement that all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories have reached with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced Monday.
Rokita said the agreement addresses the devastating impact of Purdue Pharma’s aggressive marketing of opioid products under the Sacklers’ ownership, which “fueled the worst drug crisis in U.S. history.”
The deal was offered in March as part of Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin. The filing marked a milestone in a tumultuous legal saga that had gone on for more than five years.