Purdue Pharma reaches tentative settlement in federal opiods lawsuit and some state litigation
Under terms of a plan that has been under discussion for months, the Sacklers would relinquish control of their company. Stamford, Conn.-based Purdue Pharma would declare bankruptcy and be resurrected as a trust whose main purpose would be to combat the opioid epidemic.
The deal is said to be worth $10 billion to $12 billion, including a $3 billion payment from the Sacklers’ personal funds. It also would include money from the sale of the family’s international drug conglomerate, Mundipharma, according to the documents and people close to the talks.
For many attorneys general, that proposal apparently was good enough. The main objection from states that opposed the plan was that the Sacklers were not contributing enough cash from their personal fortunes, built almost entirely on the sale of OxyContin and taken out of the company in recent years.
It was not clear Wednesday whether the Sacklers had agreed to increase their personal contribution to the settlement.
