J&J to Pay $40.5 Million to Settle New Hampshire Opioid Lawsuit

J&J to Pay $40.5 Million to Settle New Hampshire Opioid Lawsuit
The logo of healthcare company Johnson & Johnson in front of an office building in Zug, Switzerland, on Dec. 1, 2021. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $40.5 million to settle New Hampshire’s claims over the company’s role in the U.S. opioid epidemic, averting a trial that had been scheduled to begin next week.

Thursday’s settlement resolves a lawsuit brought in 2018 against Johnson & Johnson and its Janssen Pharmaceuticals unit.