RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina will receive a portion of $720 million in nationwide settlements with eight opioid drug manufacturers, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson said Thursday.

According to the Office of the North Carolina Attorney General, the drug manufacturers will pay the following amounts:

  • Mylan (now part of Viatris): $284 million over nine years

  • Hikma: $95.8 million over one to four years

  • Amneal: $71.8 million over 10 years

  • Apotex: $63.7 million in one year

  • Indivior: $38 million over four years

  • Sun: $31 million over one to four years

  • Alvogen: $18.7 million in one year

  • Zydus: $14.9 million in one year

The attorney general’s office said North Carolina will receive up to $23 million from the settlements.

According to the attorney general’s office, North Carolina will allocate 85% of the money from the settlements towards local governments to help address the effects of the opioid crisis. To maximize the money the state will receive, counties and large municipalities are required to sign on to the settlements over the next three months.

The states in the settlement will be eligible to receive free pharmaceutical products or cash in lieu of the opioid product, according to the attorney general’s office.

The attorney general’s office said all the companies except Indivior are prohibited from promoting or marketing opioids and opioid products and making or selling products that contain more than 40 milligrams of oxycodone per pill. They also must have a monitoring and reporting system for suspicious orders.

According to the attorney general’s office, Indivior is permitted to continue marketing and selling medications that treat opioid uses disorder while not manufacturing or selling opioid products for the next 10 years.

North Carolina negotiated the settlements with California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, and Virginia, according to the attorney general’s office.

“These companies didn’t do enough to prevent misuse of the addictive opioids they manufactured and helped push us into the nationwide opioid crisis that continues to take lives in North Carolina every day,” Jackson said in a statement. “Today’s settlements hold them accountable for hurting the people of our state and give us resources to help people struggling with addiction.”

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