Virginia, 15 other states reach $86M settlement with opioid-dependence treatment company

Attorneys general from 16 states, including Virginia, have reached an -million settlement with Indivior, the manufacturer of buprenorphine-based products used to treat opioid dependence. Participating states will split the settlement over a five-year period. The attorneys general claimed that Indivior violated federal law by marketing its products to physicians who were known to prescribe high volumes of opioids, and that the company failed to monitor suspicious orders for products, which led to them being inappropriately prescribed. The settlement was led by the attorneys general of New York, Illinois, Tennessee, Utah, and Virginia, with help from an executive committee of attorneys...

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