West Virginia has reached a $400 million settlement with drug distributors McKesson AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health over allegations that the companies fueled the opioid epidemic in the state and created a health crisis.
The settlement, reached Monday, is the latest in a wave of others over the past year, including one in which the three distributors and drug company Johnson & Johnson to pay roughly $25 billion to resolve litigation brought by states. West Virginia had chosen not to participate in that earlier settlement.