The Attorney General for D.C. announced Monday that eight opioid drug manufactures will pay D.C. $1.2 million, as part of a larger nationwide settlement claiming the companies contributed to the “national opioid crisis.”
In a release from the office of Attorney General Brian Schwalb, he said the nationwide settlement will hold the eight companies — Alvogen, Amneal, Apotex, Hikima, Mylan, Sun, Indivior and Zydus — accountable for “putting profits over the health and well-being of D.C. residents.”
In total, these companies will pay $720 million to “virtually every state” and territory in the United States, the release read…