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Reckitt Benckiser Agrees To Pay U.S. Government $1.4 Billion In Opioid Settlement

By Brian Mann
Published July 11, 2019 at 4:57 PM EDT

It's the biggest settlement yet in the nation's opioid crisis: the company that marketed Suboxone Film, an opioid treatment drug, will pay $1.4 billion to settle claims of fraudulent marketing.

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Brian Mann
Brian Mann is NPR's first national addiction correspondent. He also covers breaking news in the U.S. and around the world.

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