NEW YORK: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to pay US$40.5 million to settle New Hampshire’s claims over the company’s role in the opioid epidemic.
New Hampshire said the settlement averted a trial that had been scheduled to begin on Sept 7 in Merrimack County Superior Court.
The state will apply US$31.5 million toward opioid abatement, after paying legal fees, and J&J will be banned from selling or promoting opioids there.
J&J did not admit wrongdoing in agreeing to settle, and said it will defend against litigation that the settlement does not resolve.