Opioid settlement directs $400 million to state

If approved, a proposed agreement reached with Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – would direct $400 million to Wisconsin, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report. The agreement stems from a multistate investigation Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined in March 2019 into the business practices of opioid distributors, as well as litigation brought by cities and counties nationally, including 71 of 72 Wisconsin counties. The agreement comes after a proposed $4.3 billion settlement agreement that Kaul and officials in 14 other states reached with the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma. The settlement would direct $65 million to Wisconsin for prevention and recovery efforts.