Vaccine maker, drug companies accused in opioid crisis giving Kansas cut of $26 billion settlement

Kansas will get a slice of a $26 billion lawsuit settlement with four companies accused of contributing to the nation’s opioid epidemic, the state’s Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced Wednesday. Johnson & Johnson, who recently developed a one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, as well U.S. pharmaceutical distributors Cardinal Health Inc., McKesson Corporation and AmerisourceBergen Corporation, will pay $26 billion in total for their part in the nation’s prescription-drug crisis, according to the attorney general.
Source: KSN-TV