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Ordinance#220819Passed
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The ordinance authorizes a $10 million settlement with Endo Health Solutions and related companies for their role in misleadingly marketing opioids and contributing to the opioid crisis in San Francisco. The settlement includes an immediate payment of $5 million, followed by $5 million paid in ten annual installments.
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco against Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. for $10,000,000 ($5,000,000 immediately and $5,000,000 paid in 10 equal annual payments); the lawsuit was filed on December 18, 2018, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. 3:18-cv-7591-CRB-JSC; entitled The City and County of San Francisco and the People of the State of California v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Richard S. Sackler, Jonathan D. Sackler, Mortimer D.A. Sackler, Kathe A. Sackler, Ilene Sackler Lefcourt, Beverly Sackler, Theresa Sackler, David A. Sackler, Trust for the Benefit of Members of the Raymond Sackler Family, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.P., Cephalon, Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Endo International Plc, Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Insys Therapeutics, Inc., Mallinckrodt Plc, Mallinckrodt LLC, Allergan Plc F/K/A Actavis Plc, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. N/K/A Actavis, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc., Actavis LLC, Actavis Pharma, Inc. F/K/A/ Watson Pharma, Inc., AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., and McKesson Corporation; the lawsuit involves allegations that the Endo defendants created a public nuisance and violated the Unfair Competition Law by falsely and misleadingly marketing opioids as safer than they actually are and distributing increasingly large volumes of opioids in and around San Francisco despite knowledge of the growing epidemic caused by opioid misuse, and by failing to prevent and report suspicious opioid orders as required by state and federal law.
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FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors · Jul 26, 2022Pass
5-0
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors · Jul 19, 2022Pass
5-0
Legislative journey
PresidentJul 12, 2022
→ASSIGNED
Board of SupervisorsJul 19, 2022 – Jul 26, 2022
✓PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass
✓FINALLY PASSEDPass
MayorJul 28, 2022
✓APPROVED