SACRAMENTO, California, June 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: California Attorney General Bonta today joined a coalition of 42 attorneys general in announcing a settlement against Invidior Inc. (Indivior) to resolve allegations that the global pharmaceutical company violated state and federal antitrust laws by attempting to maintain market exclusivity over Suboxone. As part of the settlement, Indivior will pay $102.5 million to the st  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: Attorney General William Tong announced a $102.5 million multistate settlement with 42 states and the maker of Suboxone, Indivior Inc. over alleged illegal monopoly tactics. Connecticut will receive $1.78 million from the settlement. "Indivior tweaked its product to illegally preserve its drug monopoly. Our investigation--in coordination with nearly every attorney gener  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Indivior, Inc - which makes the opioid addiction treatment medication Suboxone - will pay the District approximately $2.3 million as part of a 42-state settlement that resolves allegations that the company orchestrated an anticompetitive scheme to block generic competition for Suboxone. The alleged scheme enabled I  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 3 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody secured a $102.5 million multistate agreement with the maker of Suboxone. Attorney General Moody, with a coalition of 41 other states' attorneys general, announced the agreement with Indivior, Inc. over claims the company employed illegal monopoly tactics. Florida will receive more than $3.2 million from the settlement. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, "Defe  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 3 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador announced that 42 states, led by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, have negotiated a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with the maker of Suboxone, Indivior Inc. Idaho will receive about $920,000 from the settlement. "Indivior has used our nation's drug problem to enrich itself. The company, in an attempt to shield its opioid addiction treatment Suboxone  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 3 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release: Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced that 42 states, led by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, have negotiated a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with the maker of Suboxone, Indivior Inc. Suboxone is a drug used to treat opioid use disorder. Maine will receive approximately $3 million from the settlement. "Manipulating the market for a life-saving drug needed by vulnerable citizens in o  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 3 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that Maryland and 41other states have settled antitrust litigation against the maker of Suboxone, which is a combination of the drugs buprenorphine and naloxone, used to control the effects of opioid addiction. Under the settlement, Indivior, Inc. will pay the plaintiff states $102.5 million. Maryland will receiv  more

LANSING, Michigan, June 3 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that 42 states, led by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, have negotiated a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with Indivior Inc., the maker of Suboxone. Michigan will receive approximately $2.2 million from the settlement. "Indivior's actions to push customers toward the company's patent-protected version of Suboxone by claiming it was safe  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 3 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined an 18 state coalition in filing suit against the Biden Administration for its proposed new "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways" rule which fails to mitigate the en masse illegal immigration occurring at the southern border. "The situation at the southern border is out of control, all thanks to Joe Biden," said Attorney General Bailey. "He r  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 3 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $102.5 million multi-state settlement with Indivior Inc., the maker of opioid use disorder treatment drug Suboxone, over its alleged monopoly tactics. North Carolina's share is $2.96 million. "When drug companies manipulate the market to make more money, they put people's lives on the line," said Attorney General Josh Ste  more

ALBANY, New York, June 3 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: New York Attorney General Letitia James, together with 41 other attorneys general, today reached a $102.5 million settlement with Indivior Inc. (Indivior), the manufacturer of an opioid addiction treatment drug, for monopolistic practices that suppressed the market for generic versions of the drug, Suboxone. The agreement, which was submitted to the court in the Eastern Distric  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 3 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced that 42 states, led by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, have negotiated a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with the maker of Suboxone, Indivior Inc. Nebraska will receive about $796,615 from the settlement. In 2016 the States filed a complaint against Indivior Inc. alleging that they used illegal means to switch the Suboxone market fro  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, June 3 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and 40 other U.S. attorneys general have negotiated a $102.5 million settlement with the maker of Suboxone, a prescription medication used to treat opioid addiction. Oklahoma will receive approximately $1.27 million from the settlement against the pharmaceutical company, Indivior Inc. "I will not sit id  more

SALEM, Oregon, June 3 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced today that Oregon has joined 41 other states in a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with the maker of Suboxone, Indivior Inc. Oregon will receive approximately $1.5 million from the settlement. Suboxone is used in the medically assisted treatment of opioid use disorder. It plays an important part in our fight against the opioid epidem  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 3 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that 42 states, led by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, have negotiated a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with the maker of Suboxone, Indivior Inc. South Carolina will receive about $1,671,000 from the settlement. "This settlement is an important victory to protect competition for products that treat opioid addiction,  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 3 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: Along with 17 other states, Attorney General Alan Wilson sued the Biden Administration's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for its Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule that would incentivize immigrants to make false asylum claims and enter the country illegally. "The Biden Administration has made it clear it doesn't care about securing the southern border and that it will ign  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 3 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes announced that 42 states, led by Wisconsin, have negotiated a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with Indivior, the maker of Suboxone. Utah will receive about $3.4 million from the settlement. Suboxone treats drug addiction. In 2016 the States sued Indivior, alleging that it illegally switched the Suboxone market from tablets to an ingestible film format with new  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 3 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Miyares joined an 18-state coalition suing the Biden Administration over its proposed new Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule. The federal government has characterized the new rule as a means for continuing to regulate immigration following the expiration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Title 42 public health order. Title 42 previously  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 3 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release: Attorney General Charity Clark today announced that Vermont has joined 41 other states in reaching a nationwide settlement of $102.5 million with the maker of Suboxone, Indivior Inc. Vermont will receive about $2 million from the settlement, which resolves allegations that Indivior used illegal means to switch the Suboxone market from tablets to film while attempting to destroy the market fo  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, June 3 -- Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that a national drug manufacturer will pay approximately $2.1 million to Washington state for conspiring to block generic drug competition for Suboxone. The drug maker's conduct artificially inflated prices for Suboxone across the country. Suboxone is an opioid prescription drug used to treat opioid dependence. It can be   more