Teva Pharm to pay Oklahoma $85 million to settle opioid claims

Teva Pharm to pay Oklahoma $85 million to settle opioid claims
Teva Pharmaceuticals workers pack drugs in a clean room at the company's manufacturing plant in Jerusalem on March 10, 2008. Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
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BOSTON/JERUSALEM—Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said on May 26 it had agreed an $85 million settlement with the state of Oklahoma days before the company was set to face trial over allegations that it and other drugmakers helped to fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic.

Teva, the world’s largest generic drugmaker, said the settlement “does not establish any wrongdoing on the part of the company” and denied contributing to opioid abuse in Oklahoma.