CT would receive around $64M, Attorney General William Tong said, in a renegotiated settlement that is $1.4B more than a previous deal.

A settlement was reached in principal between Purdue Pharma, the Sackler Family, states, and the victims of the opioid crisis.

The deal, announced Thursday, removes non-consensual releases to the Sackler family, Purdue's founders, which the U.S. Supreme Court had invalidated last year.

Purdue Pharma's earlier settlement plan included a $6 billion contribution from the Sacklers in exchange for immunity from all civil opioid claims.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of ...

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription ...

The latest settlement is meant to address a drug addiction crisis that has led to over 700,000 opioid overdose deaths in the US over the past two decades.

The order, signed on Inauguration Day, could impact hundreds of thousands of people born in the country, according to one lawsuit.

Connecticut officials raised skepticism Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s plans calling for potential prosecution of ...