March 26 (UPI) -- OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has reached a $270 million settlement with the state of Oklahoma in a case that accused the company of facilitating the opioid crisis, state Attorney General Mike Hunter said Tuesday.
Hunter announced the settlement at a news conference in Tulsa, Okla., Tuesday afternoon. Hunter sued Purdue and other opioid makers, including Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceuticals, saying they used deceptive marketing. Hundreds of cities, counties and Native American tribes in Oklahoma had filed suits against the Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma.