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communities across the country to secure a jolt of funding to address an epidemic in painkiller addiction that hasn’t abated.</p><p><blockquote>各州与制药公司达成了一项历史性的 260 亿美元和解协议，以解决数千起阿片类药物危机诉讼，为全国各地的社区获得大量资金以解决止痛药成瘾问题铺平了道路。</blockquote></p><p> The nation’s three largest drug distributors—McKesson&nbsp;Corp.,AmerisourceBergen&nbsp;Corp., and&nbsp;Cardinal HealthInc.—and drugmaker&nbsp;Johnson &amp; Johnson&nbsp;have been negotiating the deal for more than two years, but Wednesday’s announcement signifies an important milestone that could clear the way for money to be received by states as soon as early next year.</p><p><blockquote>美国三大药品分销商--麦克森公司（McKesson Corp.）、美洲资源卑尔根公司（AmerisourceBergen Corp.）和制药商强生公司（Johnson &amp; Johnson）已经就这笔交易进行谈判两年多了，但周三的宣布标志着一个重要的里程碑，可能会为各州最早在明年初收到这笔资金扫清道路。</blockquote></p><p> States can’t use the money to fill general budget holes, as they did after a $206 billion deal with tobacco companies in the 1990s. Instead, the majority must be spent on social services to address the harms of opioid addiction, like treatment programs, education on how to dispose of pills and needles, and bolstered funds for first responders. One community may use it to help a large problem of addiction in the homeless population, while another may be more focused on opioid-addicted babies.</p><p><blockquote>各州不能像上世纪 90 年代与烟草公司达成 2060 亿美元协议后那样，用这笔钱填补一般预算漏洞。相反，大部分资金必须用于社会服务，以解决阿片类药物成瘾的危害，如治疗计划、如何处理药丸和针头的教育，以及为急救人员提供更多资金。一个社区可能会用它来帮助无家可归者中的一个大问题，而另一个社区可能会更关注阿片类药物成瘾的婴儿。</blockquote></p><p> “It won’t be used to fill potholes, or build libraries, or balance budgets,” said Paul Geller, a plaintiffs’ lawyer representing several cities and counties involved in the deal.</p><p><blockquote>“代表参与交易的几个市县的原告律师保罗-盖勒（Paul Geller）说：”它不会被用来填补坑洼、建造图书馆或平衡预算。</blockquote></p><p> Individuals and families who have been affected by opioid abuse won’t receive any money directly.</p><p><blockquote>受阿片类药物滥用影响的个人和家庭不会直接获得任何金钱。</blockquote></p><p> An opioid crisis that has claimed half a million lives in the U.S. has triggered more than 3,000 lawsuits filed by states, local governments, Native American tribes, hospital groups and others against players in the pharmaceutical industry. The lawsuits allege drugmakers pushed their painkillers for uses far beyond what was medically necessary and that distributors and pharmacies didn’t do enough to halt masses of pills from flowing into communities.</p><p><blockquote>一场阿片类药物危机在美国夺去了 50 万人的生命，引发了各州、地方政府、美洲原住民部落、医院团体和其他人对制药行业参与者提起的 3,000 多起诉讼。诉讼称，制药商将止痛药推向了远远超出医疗必需的用途，分销商和药店也没有采取足够措施阻止大量药片流入社区。</blockquote></p><p> Drug addiction got worse during the pandemic,with opioid overdose deaths up about 37%in 2020 from the prior year, according to government data.</p><p><blockquote>政府数据显示，大流行期间毒瘾恶化，2020 年阿片类药物过量死亡人数比上一年增加了约 37%。</blockquote></p><p> The companies pushed back, saying they made and distributed a medically necessary and federally regulated product. But at the same time, the burdens of litigation—like turning over millions of internal documents, making employees available for depositions, and preparing for complex trials that could air embarrassing details—has sent many of the companies to the negotiating table.</p><p><blockquote>这些公司进行了反击，称他们生产并分销了一种医疗必需且受联邦监管的产品。但与此同时，诉讼的负担——比如交出数百万份内部文件、让员工出庭作证，以及准备可能泄露令人尴尬细节的复杂审判——已经将许多公司送到了谈判桌前。</blockquote></p><p> The attorneys general from Tennessee, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Louisiana, Delaware and Connecticut jointly announced the completed deal Wednesday, which had beenrumored earlier this week.</p><p><blockquote>田纳西州、北卡罗来纳州、宾夕法尼亚州、纽约州、路易斯安那州、特拉华州和康涅狄格州的总检察长周三联合宣布了本周早些时候传出的协议。</blockquote></p><p> “There’s not enough money in the world frankly to address the pain and the suffering and the tragedy of the families all of us know in our states,” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said.</p><p><blockquote>“康涅狄格州总检察长威廉-唐（William Tong）说：”坦率地说，世界上没有足够的钱来解决我们所有人都知道的本州家庭的痛苦、磨难和悲剧。</blockquote></p><p> The broad terms call for the three distributors to pay up to $21 billion collectively over a period of 18 years, and for Johnson &amp; Johnson to contribute $5 billion over nine years. The amounts could decrease if not enough states sign on, and the companies can still walk away if they decide the level of participation doesn’t buy them the global peace they are seeking to put the lawsuits behind them.</p><p><blockquote>广泛的看涨期权要求这三家分销商在 18 年内总共支付高达 210 亿美元，强生公司在 9 年内出资 50 亿美元。如果没有足够多的州签署，金额可能会减少，如果这些公司认为参与程度不能为他们买到他们所寻求的全球和平，他们仍然可以离开。</blockquote></p><p> McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal said in a joint statement that they dispute the allegations against them but believe the deal is an important step toward resolving the claims and “delivering meaningful relief to communities across the United States.”</p><p><blockquote>McKesson、AmerisourceBergen 和 Cardinal 在一份联合声明中表示，他们对针对他们的指控提出异议，但认为该协议是解决索赔问题和 “为美国各地的社区提供有意义的救济 ”的重要一步。</blockquote></p><p> Johnson &amp; Johnson’s general counsel, Michael Ullmann, said, “We recognize the opioid crisis is a tremendously complex public health issue,” adding that the funds will help address the problem.</p><p><blockquote>强生公司总法律顾问迈克尔-乌尔曼（Michael Ullmann）说：“我们认识到阿片类药物危机是一个极其复杂的公共卫生问题。”他补充说，这些资金将有助于解决这一问题。</blockquote></p><p> Shares for the four companies rose this week after news reports, including from The Wall Street Journal, that the settlement was expected to come this week. Analysts said the development was positive, although investors likely baked the settlement amount into stock prices since the amounts have been known, and noted that the wholesalers have reserved cash to make the payments.</p><p><blockquote>包括《华尔街日报》在内的新闻报道称，和解预计将于本周达成，这四家公司的股价本周上涨。分析师表示，这一进展是积极的，尽管投资者可能会将和解金额纳入股价，因为和解金额已经为人所知，并指出批发商已预留现金来支付款项。</blockquote></p><p> However, some analysts said companies that didn’t reach settlements this week, such as Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., still face a risk because it is unclear when they may resolve the litigation and, potentially, what it would cost them.</p><p><blockquote>不过，一些分析师表示，本周未能达成和解的公司，如梯瓦制药工业有限公司（Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.），仍面临风险，因为目前还不清楚他们何时可能解决诉讼，也不清楚这可能会给他们带来什么代价。</blockquote></p><p> Completing the deal took thousands of hours of negotiations between private plaintiffs’ lawyers representing communities, state attorneys general, and lawyers for the four companies. Frequent in-person meetings gave way to nightly Zoom calls held for months during the pandemic.</p><p><blockquote>代表社区的私人原告律师、州总检察长和四家公司的律师之间进行了数千小时的谈判，才完成了这笔交易。在疫情期间，频繁的面对面会议让位于每晚举行的变焦评级。</blockquote></p><p> The final details came together as opioid lawsuits went to trial in three states, putting pressure on both sides. Jurors in New York sawjoking emails that employeesat one distributor sent about addicts, including one that circulated a song about “Pillbillies” set to the theme of “The Beverly Hillbillies.”</p><p><blockquote>随着阿片类药物诉讼在三个州开庭审理，最终细节浮出水面，给双方带来了压力。纽约的陪审员看到了一家分销商的员工发送的关于吸毒者的玩笑电子邮件，其中一封流传着一首以《比佛利山庄》为主题的关于 “药丸比利 ”的歌曲。</blockquote></p><p></p><p> The settlements, if completed, would resolve the opioid lawsuits for these four companies, but several other targets remain. Trials are under way in California and New York against drugmakersTeva PharmaceuticalLtd.,AbbVieInc.’sAllergan, andEndo InternationalPLC. National pharmacy chains have also been named in hundreds of suits and are scheduled to go to trial in October. Two other companies that were targets of the suits, including OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma LP, filed for bankruptcy to handle the liability and are negotiating their own settlements with states.</p><p><blockquote>和解如果完成，将解决这四家公司的阿片类药物诉讼，但其他几个目标仍然存在。加利福尼亚州和纽约州正在对制药商 Steva PharmaceuticalLtd.、AbbVieInc. 的 sAllergan 和 andEndo InternationalPLC 进行审判。全国连锁药店也在数百起诉讼中被点名，并定于10月开庭审理。另外两家成为诉讼目标的公司，包括奥施康定制造商普渡制药有限公司，已申请破产以处理责任，并正在与各州谈判自己的和解。</blockquote></p><p> The deal terms give states 30 days to join or reject the settlement. If the companies decide enough states are participating, local governments will have another few months to lend support. The amount a state ultimately receives hinges largely on recruiting its municipalities to join.</p><p><blockquote>协议条款给各州30天的时间来加入或拒绝和解。如果这些公司决定有足够多的州参与，地方政府将还有几个月的时间提供支持。一个州最终获得的金额在很大程度上取决于招募其市政当局加入。</blockquote></p><p> If a state government opts out, then its counties or cities won’t be able to access the money.</p><p><blockquote>如果州政府选择退出，那么其各县或市将无法获得这笔资金。</blockquote></p><p> Attorney General Bob Ferguson of Washington state said he is rejecting the settlement because the $30 million a year that could flow to the state isn’t the “transformative amount of money” needed to deal with the devastation from the opioid crisis. The state has upcoming trial dates against the four companies, and Mr. Ferguson said he plans to go forward.</p><p><blockquote>华盛顿州总检察长鲍勃-弗格森（Bob Ferguson）表示，他拒绝和解，因为每年可能流入该州的 3000 万美元并不是应对阿片类药物危机造成的破坏所需的 “变革性资金”。该州即将对这四家公司进行审判，弗格森先生说他计划继续前进。</blockquote></p><p> The percentage of the $26 billion allocated to each state is based on the population and the impact of opioid addiction in each region.</p><p><blockquote>分配给每个州的260亿美元的百分比是基于每个地区的人口和阿片类药物成瘾的影响。</blockquote></p><p> Beyond the money involved, the distributors have agreed to create a clearinghouse intended to help the companies better spot suspicious drug orders. For the first time, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal and McKesson would be able to see where their competitors are sending pills, which the architects of the deal say would better enable them to spot pharmacies from which drugs are being diverted for illegal uses.</p><p><blockquote>除了涉及的资金之外，分销商还同意创建一个信息交换所，旨在帮助公司更好地发现可疑药品订单。AmerisourceBergen、Cardinal 和 McKesson 将首次能够看到竞争对手将药片运送到哪里，该交易的设计者表示，这将使他们能够更好地发现药品被转移用于非法用途的药店。</blockquote></p><p> “This settlement…puts in place controls that will go a long way to making sure this never happens again,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.</p><p><blockquote>“宾夕法尼亚州总检察长乔希-夏皮罗（Josh Shapiro）说：”这项和解协议.制定了控制措施，将大大有助于确保此类事件不再发生。</blockquote></p><p> Johnson &amp; Johnson, which used to provide a raw ingredient used in painkillers to other companies and stopped selling its own handful of opioid painkillers in the U.S. last year, agreed to stay out of the opioid business for the next decade.</p><p><blockquote>强生公司曾向其他公司提供止痛药中使用的原料，并于去年停止在美国销售自己的少量阿片类止痛药，该公司同意在未来十年内退出阿片类药物业务。</blockquote></p><p> Just over $2 billion of the overall amount will go toward attorney fees and expenses, the majority of that to private plaintiffs’ lawyers who represented thousands of cities and counties and some states.</p><p><blockquote>总额中略高于 20 亿美元将用于律师费和开支，其中大部分将支付给代表数千个市县和一些州的私人原告律师。</blockquote></p><p> Gary Wellendorf of Youngstown, Ohio, who used or abused opioids for 40 years and lost his wife to an overdose, said he hopes some of the money can be spent on making treatment programs available for those who can’t afford it.</p><p><blockquote>俄亥俄州扬斯敦的加里-韦伦多夫（Gary Wellendorf）使用或滥用阿片类药物长达 40 年，妻子因吸毒过量而去世。</blockquote></p><p> “It’s a split-second decision to get help,” said Mr. Wellendorf, who is 63 years old, adding that few options are available without insurance or funding.</p><p><blockquote>“63 岁的韦伦多夫先生说：”寻求帮助是一个瞬间的决定，并补充说，如果没有保险或资金，几乎没有选择。</blockquote></p><p> If veterans’ benefits hadn’t picked up the cost of his addiction treatment a few years ago, he said, “I’d probably be dead.”</p><p><blockquote>他说，如果几年前退伍军人福利没有支付他的戒毒治疗费用，“我可能已经死了”。</blockquote></p><p></p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; 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Johnson&nbsp;have been negotiating the deal for more than two years, but Wednesday’s announcement signifies an important milestone that could clear the way for money to be received by states as soon as early next year.</p><p><blockquote>美国三大药品分销商--麦克森公司（McKesson Corp.）、美洲资源卑尔根公司（AmerisourceBergen Corp.）和制药商强生公司（Johnson &amp; Johnson）已经就这笔交易进行谈判两年多了，但周三的宣布标志着一个重要的里程碑，可能会为各州最早在明年初收到这笔资金扫清道路。</blockquote></p><p> States can’t use the money to fill general budget holes, as they did after a $206 billion deal with tobacco companies in the 1990s. Instead, the majority must be spent on social services to address the harms of opioid addiction, like treatment programs, education on how to dispose of pills and needles, and bolstered funds for first responders. One community may use it to help a large problem of addiction in the homeless population, while another may be more focused on opioid-addicted babies.</p><p><blockquote>各州不能像上世纪 90 年代与烟草公司达成 2060 亿美元协议后那样，用这笔钱填补一般预算漏洞。相反，大部分资金必须用于社会服务，以解决阿片类药物成瘾的危害，如治疗计划、如何处理药丸和针头的教育，以及为急救人员提供更多资金。一个社区可能会用它来帮助无家可归者中的一个大问题，而另一个社区可能会更关注阿片类药物成瘾的婴儿。</blockquote></p><p> “It won’t be used to fill potholes, or build libraries, or balance budgets,” said Paul Geller, a plaintiffs’ lawyer representing several cities and counties involved in the deal.</p><p><blockquote>“代表参与交易的几个市县的原告律师保罗-盖勒（Paul Geller）说：”它不会被用来填补坑洼、建造图书馆或平衡预算。</blockquote></p><p> Individuals and families who have been affected by opioid abuse won’t receive any money directly.</p><p><blockquote>受阿片类药物滥用影响的个人和家庭不会直接获得任何金钱。</blockquote></p><p> An opioid crisis that has claimed half a million lives in the U.S. has triggered more than 3,000 lawsuits filed by states, local governments, Native American tribes, hospital groups and others against players in the pharmaceutical industry. The lawsuits allege drugmakers pushed their painkillers for uses far beyond what was medically necessary and that distributors and pharmacies didn’t do enough to halt masses of pills from flowing into communities.</p><p><blockquote>一场阿片类药物危机在美国夺去了 50 万人的生命，引发了各州、地方政府、美洲原住民部落、医院团体和其他人对制药行业参与者提起的 3,000 多起诉讼。诉讼称，制药商将止痛药推向了远远超出医疗必需的用途，分销商和药店也没有采取足够措施阻止大量药片流入社区。</blockquote></p><p> Drug addiction got worse during the pandemic,with opioid overdose deaths up about 37%in 2020 from the prior year, according to government data.</p><p><blockquote>政府数据显示，大流行期间毒瘾恶化，2020 年阿片类药物过量死亡人数比上一年增加了约 37%。</blockquote></p><p> The companies pushed back, saying they made and distributed a medically necessary and federally regulated product. But at the same time, the burdens of litigation—like turning over millions of internal documents, making employees available for depositions, and preparing for complex trials that could air embarrassing details—has sent many of the companies to the negotiating table.</p><p><blockquote>这些公司进行了反击，称他们生产并分销了一种医疗必需且受联邦监管的产品。但与此同时，诉讼的负担——比如交出数百万份内部文件、让员工出庭作证，以及准备可能泄露令人尴尬细节的复杂审判——已经将许多公司送到了谈判桌前。</blockquote></p><p> The attorneys general from Tennessee, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Louisiana, Delaware and Connecticut jointly announced the completed deal Wednesday, which had beenrumored earlier this week.</p><p><blockquote>田纳西州、北卡罗来纳州、宾夕法尼亚州、纽约州、路易斯安那州、特拉华州和康涅狄格州的总检察长周三联合宣布了本周早些时候传出的协议。</blockquote></p><p> “There’s not enough money in the world frankly to address the pain and the suffering and the tragedy of the families all of us know in our states,” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said.</p><p><blockquote>“康涅狄格州总检察长威廉-唐（William Tong）说：”坦率地说，世界上没有足够的钱来解决我们所有人都知道的本州家庭的痛苦、磨难和悲剧。</blockquote></p><p> The broad terms call for the three distributors to pay up to $21 billion collectively over a period of 18 years, and for Johnson &amp; Johnson to contribute $5 billion over nine years. The amounts could decrease if not enough states sign on, and the companies can still walk away if they decide the level of participation doesn’t buy them the global peace they are seeking to put the lawsuits behind them.</p><p><blockquote>广泛的看涨期权要求这三家分销商在 18 年内总共支付高达 210 亿美元，强生公司在 9 年内出资 50 亿美元。如果没有足够多的州签署，金额可能会减少，如果这些公司认为参与程度不能为他们买到他们所寻求的全球和平，他们仍然可以离开。</blockquote></p><p> McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal said in a joint statement that they dispute the allegations against them but believe the deal is an important step toward resolving the claims and “delivering meaningful relief to communities across the United States.”</p><p><blockquote>McKesson、AmerisourceBergen 和 Cardinal 在一份联合声明中表示，他们对针对他们的指控提出异议，但认为该协议是解决索赔问题和 “为美国各地的社区提供有意义的救济 ”的重要一步。</blockquote></p><p> Johnson &amp; Johnson’s general counsel, Michael Ullmann, said, “We recognize the opioid crisis is a tremendously complex public health issue,” adding that the funds will help address the problem.</p><p><blockquote>强生公司总法律顾问迈克尔-乌尔曼（Michael Ullmann）说：“我们认识到阿片类药物危机是一个极其复杂的公共卫生问题。”他补充说，这些资金将有助于解决这一问题。</blockquote></p><p> Shares for the four companies rose this week after news reports, including from The Wall Street Journal, that the settlement was expected to come this week. Analysts said the development was positive, although investors likely baked the settlement amount into stock prices since the amounts have been known, and noted that the wholesalers have reserved cash to make the payments.</p><p><blockquote>包括《华尔街日报》在内的新闻报道称，和解预计将于本周达成，这四家公司的股价本周上涨。分析师表示，这一进展是积极的，尽管投资者可能会将和解金额纳入股价，因为和解金额已经为人所知，并指出批发商已预留现金来支付款项。</blockquote></p><p> However, some analysts said companies that didn’t reach settlements this week, such as Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., still face a risk because it is unclear when they may resolve the litigation and, potentially, what it would cost them.</p><p><blockquote>不过，一些分析师表示，本周未能达成和解的公司，如梯瓦制药工业有限公司（Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.），仍面临风险，因为目前还不清楚他们何时可能解决诉讼，也不清楚这可能会给他们带来什么代价。</blockquote></p><p> Completing the deal took thousands of hours of negotiations between private plaintiffs’ lawyers representing communities, state attorneys general, and lawyers for the four companies. Frequent in-person meetings gave way to nightly Zoom calls held for months during the pandemic.</p><p><blockquote>代表社区的私人原告律师、州总检察长和四家公司的律师之间进行了数千小时的谈判，才完成了这笔交易。在疫情期间，频繁的面对面会议让位于每晚举行的变焦评级。</blockquote></p><p> The final details came together as opioid lawsuits went to trial in three states, putting pressure on both sides. Jurors in New York sawjoking emails that employeesat one distributor sent about addicts, including one that circulated a song about “Pillbillies” set to the theme of “The Beverly Hillbillies.”</p><p><blockquote>随着阿片类药物诉讼在三个州开庭审理，最终细节浮出水面，给双方带来了压力。纽约的陪审员看到了一家分销商的员工发送的关于吸毒者的玩笑电子邮件，其中一封流传着一首以《比佛利山庄》为主题的关于 “药丸比利 ”的歌曲。</blockquote></p><p></p><p> The settlements, if completed, would resolve the opioid lawsuits for these four companies, but several other targets remain. Trials are under way in California and New York against drugmakersTeva PharmaceuticalLtd.,AbbVieInc.’sAllergan, andEndo InternationalPLC. National pharmacy chains have also been named in hundreds of suits and are scheduled to go to trial in October. Two other companies that were targets of the suits, including OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma LP, filed for bankruptcy to handle the liability and are negotiating their own settlements with states.</p><p><blockquote>和解如果完成，将解决这四家公司的阿片类药物诉讼，但其他几个目标仍然存在。加利福尼亚州和纽约州正在对制药商 Steva PharmaceuticalLtd.、AbbVieInc. 的 sAllergan 和 andEndo InternationalPLC 进行审判。全国连锁药店也在数百起诉讼中被点名，并定于10月开庭审理。另外两家成为诉讼目标的公司，包括奥施康定制造商普渡制药有限公司，已申请破产以处理责任，并正在与各州谈判自己的和解。</blockquote></p><p> The deal terms give states 30 days to join or reject the settlement. If the companies decide enough states are participating, local governments will have another few months to lend support. The amount a state ultimately receives hinges largely on recruiting its municipalities to join.</p><p><blockquote>协议条款给各州30天的时间来加入或拒绝和解。如果这些公司决定有足够多的州参与，地方政府将还有几个月的时间提供支持。一个州最终获得的金额在很大程度上取决于招募其市政当局加入。</blockquote></p><p> If a state government opts out, then its counties or cities won’t be able to access the money.</p><p><blockquote>如果州政府选择退出，那么其各县或市将无法获得这笔资金。</blockquote></p><p> Attorney General Bob Ferguson of Washington state said he is rejecting the settlement because the $30 million a year that could flow to the state isn’t the “transformative amount of money” needed to deal with the devastation from the opioid crisis. The state has upcoming trial dates against the four companies, and Mr. Ferguson said he plans to go forward.</p><p><blockquote>华盛顿州总检察长鲍勃-弗格森（Bob Ferguson）表示，他拒绝和解，因为每年可能流入该州的 3000 万美元并不是应对阿片类药物危机造成的破坏所需的 “变革性资金”。该州即将对这四家公司进行审判，弗格森先生说他计划继续前进。</blockquote></p><p> The percentage of the $26 billion allocated to each state is based on the population and the impact of opioid addiction in each region.</p><p><blockquote>分配给每个州的260亿美元的百分比是基于每个地区的人口和阿片类药物成瘾的影响。</blockquote></p><p> Beyond the money involved, the distributors have agreed to create a clearinghouse intended to help the companies better spot suspicious drug orders. For the first time, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal and McKesson would be able to see where their competitors are sending pills, which the architects of the deal say would better enable them to spot pharmacies from which drugs are being diverted for illegal uses.</p><p><blockquote>除了涉及的资金之外，分销商还同意创建一个信息交换所，旨在帮助公司更好地发现可疑药品订单。AmerisourceBergen、Cardinal 和 McKesson 将首次能够看到竞争对手将药片运送到哪里，该交易的设计者表示，这将使他们能够更好地发现药品被转移用于非法用途的药店。</blockquote></p><p> “This settlement…puts in place controls that will go a long way to making sure this never happens again,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.</p><p><blockquote>“宾夕法尼亚州总检察长乔希-夏皮罗（Josh Shapiro）说：”这项和解协议.制定了控制措施，将大大有助于确保此类事件不再发生。</blockquote></p><p> Johnson &amp; Johnson, which used to provide a raw ingredient used in painkillers to other companies and stopped selling its own handful of opioid painkillers in the U.S. last year, agreed to stay out of the opioid business for the next decade.</p><p><blockquote>强生公司曾向其他公司提供止痛药中使用的原料，并于去年停止在美国销售自己的少量阿片类止痛药，该公司同意在未来十年内退出阿片类药物业务。</blockquote></p><p> Just over $2 billion of the overall amount will go toward attorney fees and expenses, the majority of that to private plaintiffs’ lawyers who represented thousands of cities and counties and some states.</p><p><blockquote>总额中略高于 20 亿美元将用于律师费和开支，其中大部分将支付给代表数千个市县和一些州的私人原告律师。</blockquote></p><p> Gary Wellendorf of Youngstown, Ohio, who used or abused opioids for 40 years and lost his wife to an overdose, said he hopes some of the money can be spent on making treatment programs available for those who can’t afford it.</p><p><blockquote>俄亥俄州扬斯敦的加里-韦伦多夫（Gary Wellendorf）使用或滥用阿片类药物长达 40 年，妻子因吸毒过量而去世。</blockquote></p><p> “It’s a split-second decision to get help,” said Mr. Wellendorf, who is 63 years old, adding that few options are available without insurance or funding.</p><p><blockquote>“63 岁的韦伦多夫先生说：”寻求帮助是一个瞬间的决定，并补充说，如果没有保险或资金，几乎没有选择。</blockquote></p><p> If veterans’ benefits hadn’t picked up the cost of his addiction treatment a few years ago, he said, “I’d probably be dead.”</p><p><blockquote>他说，如果几年前退伍军人福利没有支付他的戒毒治疗费用，“我可能已经死了”。</blockquote></p><p></p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-announce-26-billion-settlement-to-resolve-opioid-lawsuits-11626890613?mod=business_lead_pos1\">WSJ</a></p>\n<p>为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化</p>\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"TEVA":"梯瓦制药","ABBV":"艾伯维公司","JNJ":"强生"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-announce-26-billion-settlement-to-resolve-opioid-lawsuits-11626890613?mod=business_lead_pos1","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1175204168","content_text":"States unveiled a historic $26 billion settlement with drug companies to resolve thousands of opioid-crisis lawsuits, paving the way for communities across the country to secure a jolt of funding to address an epidemic in painkiller addiction that hasn’t abated.\nThe nation’s three largest drug distributors—McKesson Corp.,AmerisourceBergen Corp., and Cardinal HealthInc.—and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson have been negotiating the deal for more than two years, but Wednesday’s announcement signifies an important milestone that could clear the way for money to be received by states as soon as early next year.\nStates can’t use the money to fill general budget holes, as they did after a $206 billion deal with tobacco companies in the 1990s. Instead, the majority must be spent on social services to address the harms of opioid addiction, like treatment programs, education on how to dispose of pills and needles, and bolstered funds for first responders. One community may use it to help a large problem of addiction in the homeless population, while another may be more focused on opioid-addicted babies.\n“It won’t be used to fill potholes, or build libraries, or balance budgets,” said Paul Geller, a plaintiffs’ lawyer representing several cities and counties involved in the deal.\nIndividuals and families who have been affected by opioid abuse won’t receive any money directly.\nAn opioid crisis that has claimed half a million lives in the U.S. has triggered more than 3,000 lawsuits filed by states, local governments, Native American tribes, hospital groups and others against players in the pharmaceutical industry. The lawsuits allege drugmakers pushed their painkillers for uses far beyond what was medically necessary and that distributors and pharmacies didn’t do enough to halt masses of pills from flowing into communities.\nDrug addiction got worse during the pandemic,with opioid overdose deaths up about 37%in 2020 from the prior year, according to government data.\nThe companies pushed back, saying they made and distributed a medically necessary and federally regulated product. But at the same time, the burdens of litigation—like turning over millions of internal documents, making employees available for depositions, and preparing for complex trials that could air embarrassing details—has sent many of the companies to the negotiating table.\nThe attorneys general from Tennessee, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Louisiana, Delaware and Connecticut jointly announced the completed deal Wednesday, which had beenrumored earlier this week.\n“There’s not enough money in the world frankly to address the pain and the suffering and the tragedy of the families all of us know in our states,” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said.\nThe broad terms call for the three distributors to pay up to $21 billion collectively over a period of 18 years, and for Johnson & Johnson to contribute $5 billion over nine years. The amounts could decrease if not enough states sign on, and the companies can still walk away if they decide the level of participation doesn’t buy them the global peace they are seeking to put the lawsuits behind them.\nMcKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal said in a joint statement that they dispute the allegations against them but believe the deal is an important step toward resolving the claims and “delivering meaningful relief to communities across the United States.”\nJohnson & Johnson’s general counsel, Michael Ullmann, said, “We recognize the opioid crisis is a tremendously complex public health issue,” adding that the funds will help address the problem.\nShares for the four companies rose this week after news reports, including from The Wall Street Journal, that the settlement was expected to come this week. Analysts said the development was positive, although investors likely baked the settlement amount into stock prices since the amounts have been known, and noted that the wholesalers have reserved cash to make the payments.\nHowever, some analysts said companies that didn’t reach settlements this week, such as Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., still face a risk because it is unclear when they may resolve the litigation and, potentially, what it would cost them.\nCompleting the deal took thousands of hours of negotiations between private plaintiffs’ lawyers representing communities, state attorneys general, and lawyers for the four companies. Frequent in-person meetings gave way to nightly Zoom calls held for months during the pandemic.\nThe final details came together as opioid lawsuits went to trial in three states, putting pressure on both sides. Jurors in New York sawjoking emails that employeesat one distributor sent about addicts, including one that circulated a song about “Pillbillies” set to the theme of “The Beverly Hillbillies.”\nThe settlements, if completed, would resolve the opioid lawsuits for these four companies, but several other targets remain. Trials are under way in California and New York against drugmakersTeva PharmaceuticalLtd.,AbbVieInc.’sAllergan, andEndo InternationalPLC. National pharmacy chains have also been named in hundreds of suits and are scheduled to go to trial in October. Two other companies that were targets of the suits, including OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma LP, filed for bankruptcy to handle the liability and are negotiating their own settlements with states.\nThe deal terms give states 30 days to join or reject the settlement. If the companies decide enough states are participating, local governments will have another few months to lend support. The amount a state ultimately receives hinges largely on recruiting its municipalities to join.\nIf a state government opts out, then its counties or cities won’t be able to access the money.\nAttorney General Bob Ferguson of Washington state said he is rejecting the settlement because the $30 million a year that could flow to the state isn’t the “transformative amount of money” needed to deal with the devastation from the opioid crisis. The state has upcoming trial dates against the four companies, and Mr. Ferguson said he plans to go forward.\nThe percentage of the $26 billion allocated to each state is based on the population and the impact of opioid addiction in each region.\nBeyond the money involved, the distributors have agreed to create a clearinghouse intended to help the companies better spot suspicious drug orders. For the first time, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal and McKesson would be able to see where their competitors are sending pills, which the architects of the deal say would better enable them to spot pharmacies from which drugs are being diverted for illegal uses.\n“This settlement…puts in place controls that will go a long way to making sure this never happens again,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.\nJohnson & Johnson, which used to provide a raw ingredient used in painkillers to other companies and stopped selling its own handful of opioid painkillers in the U.S. last year, agreed to stay out of the opioid business for the next decade.\nJust over $2 billion of the overall amount will go toward attorney fees and expenses, the majority of that to private plaintiffs’ lawyers who represented thousands of cities and counties and some states.\nGary Wellendorf of Youngstown, Ohio, who used or abused opioids for 40 years and lost his wife to an overdose, said he hopes some of the money can be spent on making treatment programs available for those who can’t afford it.\n“It’s a split-second decision to get help,” said Mr. Wellendorf, who is 63 years old, adding that few options are available without insurance or funding.\nIf veterans’ benefits hadn’t picked up the cost of his addiction treatment a few years ago, he said, “I’d probably be dead.”","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"AGN":0.9,"TEVA":0.9,"ENDP":0.9,"ABBV":0.9,"JNJ":0.9}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":2250,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":172969884,"gmtCreate":1626927740648,"gmtModify":1633769638429,"author":{"id":"4089975214761290","authorId":"4089975214761290","name":"Heviot","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":11,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"4089975214761290","authorIdStr":"4089975214761290"},"themes":[],"title":"","htmlText":"well","listText":"well","text":"well","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/172969884","repostId":"2153407916","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":1999,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"defaultTab":"followers","isTTM":false}