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Press Release  AG Campbell Secures $720 Million From Opioid Drug Makers Through Eight Nationwide Settlements

Massachusetts Expected to Receive Up To $17 Million for Opioid Abatement
For immediate release:
7/10/2025
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Sabrina Zafar , Deputy Press Secretary

BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that a nationwide coalition of attorneys general have secured approximately $720 million in nationwide settlements with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and contributed to the nationwide opioid crisis. Massachusetts is expected to receive up to $17 million as a result of the settlements.  

“While nothing can compensate for the lives lost and upended by the ongoing opioid crisis, I am grateful to secure these funds on behalf of Massachusetts residents who have been devastated by the crisis – funds that will meaningfully support opioid prevention, harm reduction, recovery, and more,” said AG Campbell. “I will continue to work to hold accountable those who’ve played a role in unlawfully fueling this crisis and use every tool available to advance safe and healthy communities across the Commonwealth.” 

Based on the overwhelming participation by attorneys general across the country, all eight defendants have agreed to proceed with a sign-on period for local governments.   

The eight defendants and the total amount they will pay in funds to address the opioid crisis as part of the deal are:   

  • Mylan (now part of Viatris): $284,447,916 paid over nine years 
    • MA is expected to receive up to $6.7 million 
  • Hikma: $95,818,293 paid over one to four years 
    • MA is expected to receive up to $2.4 million 
  • Amneal: $71,751,010 paid over 10 years 
    • MA is expected to receive up to $3.1 million 
  • Apotex: $63,682,369 paid in a single year 
    • MA is expected to receive up to $1.4 million 
  • Indivior: $38,022,450 paid over four years 
    • MA is expected to receive up to $1.7 million 
  • Sun: $30,992,087 paid over one to four years 
    • MA is expected to receive up to $700,000 
  • Alvogen: $18,680,162 paid in a single year 
    • MA is expected to receive up to $400,000 
  • Zydus: $14,859,220 paid in a single year 
    • MA is expected to receive up to $300,000 

In addition to these abatement payments, the companies, with the exception of Indivior, are prohibited from promoting or marketing opioids and opioid products, making or selling any product that contains more than 40 mg of oxycodone per pill, and are required to put in place a monitoring and reporting system for suspicious orders. Indivior has agreed to not manufacture or sell opioid products for the next 10 years, but it will be able to continue marketing and selling medications to treat opioid use disorder.   

Over the past decade, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has taken a number of legal actions to hold various companies and individuals accountable for their role in contributing to the nationwide opioid crisis, including drug manufacturers who engaged in unfair and deceptive practices in the marketing and sale of opioids. Most recently, AG Campbell helped secure a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, which is expected to bring up to $105 million in funds to Massachusetts. To date, through various opioid-related settlements, the AGO has secured more than $1 billion in eligible recoveries for Massachusetts, over $340 million of which has been received to date. Funds received have been directed to the Commonwealth’s Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund and also distributed to cities and towns across the Commonwealth to support opioid prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery. 

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