Civil Plaintiff
The City of San Francisco Agrees to a $10 Million Settlement With Endo
The city of San Francisco has agreed to a $10 million settlement with Endo pharmaceuticals for the company’s role in the opioid epidemic, five days before a federal civil case involving multiple drug companies is scheduled to go to trial, officials said Wednesday.
The settlement will sever Endo from Monday’s scheduled trial, which includes defendants like pharmacy giant, Walgreens, along with drug companies Allergan, Anda and Teva.
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu alleges that the defendants overprescribed painkillers – getting patients hooked and feeding the illicit opiate markets that are plaguing neighborhoods like the Tenderloin.
