OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and family members who own the company have agreed to pay up to $7.4bn in a new settlement to end lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, New York Attorney General Letitia James says.The deal announced on Thursday represents an increase of more than $1bn over a previous settlement that was rejected last year by the United States Supreme Court. The settlement was agreed to by Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family members who own the company and lawyers representing state and local governments and thousands of victims of the opioid crisis.The Sacklers agreed to pay up to $6.5bn and Purdue $900m.
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