The Sackler family agreed to give up ownership of the company that manufactures the powerful opioid. A previous deal was rejected by the Supreme Court.

Bankrupt Purdue Pharma LP and its owners have agreed to over $7 billion settlement to resolve lawsuits over OxyContin's role in the opioid epidemic. The deal follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of a $6 billion agreement last year.

Pennsylvania stands to receive up to $212 million paid out by the family and company behind the nationwide saturation of OxyContin as part of the latest legal settlement stemming from