This June 17, 2019 file photo shows oxycodone 5 mg tablets. (AP Photo/Keith Slakočić, File)
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares will receive a portion of a $350 million settlement from a global health marketing company accusing Virginia of helping fuel the opioid crisis. It was announced that
On Thursday, Feb. 1, Miyares announced a $350 million national settlement with publicis health, a health communications network, following a lawsuit over the company's role in the prescription opioid crisis, and the state of Virginia will receive the settlement. The company will receive $7.82 million from
In agreeing to the terms of the settlement, Publicis Health will acknowledge the harm its actions have caused and publish on its public website thousands of internal documents detailing its work against opioid companies such as Purdue Pharma. It's planned.
According to the Attorney General's Office, court documents detail how Publicis Health acted as Purdue Pharma's agent of record with respect to all brands of opioid drugs, including OxyContin. .
The agency has also developed a sales strategy that relies on collecting data gleaned from private recordings of private health-related in-office conversations between patients and health care providers.
As part of the agreement, the company will stop accepting work for clients involving opioid-based Schedule II or III controlled substances.
The agreement will also provide more financial support for treatment and recovery to communities hit hardest by the opioid epidemic, according to the attorney general's office.
As of February, Virginia had won more than $1 billion in legal settlements with drug companies and others over their role in the opioid crisis, Miyares' office said.
The $7.82 million secured in the settlement will go towards education, prevention and recovery efforts to address the opioid crisis, Miyares said.
