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Commissioner Brown – County Attorney – To Approve a Resolution that Accepts, Approves, and Authorizes the Execution of the National Opioids Secondary Manufacturers Settlements and the North Carolina Third Supplemental Agreement for Additional Funds (SAAF-3)
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STAFF CONTACT
Melissa I. Huffman – Deputy County Attorney – 704-866-3088
BUDGET IMPACT
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BACKGROUND
Gaston County, along with other counties and municipalities in North Carolina, joined with thousands of local governments across the country to file lawsuits against opioid manufacturers, pharmaceutical distribution companies, and chain drug stores to hold those companies accountable for their misconduct.
A new proposed settlement (“Secondary Manufacturers Settlements”) has been reached in litigation against eight opioids manufacturers: Alvogen, Amneal, Apotex, Hikma, Indivior, Mylan, Sun, and Zydus (“Settling Defendants”).
Representatives of local North Carolina governments, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, and the North Carolina Department of Justice have negotiated and prepared a Third Supplemental Agreement for Additional Funds (SAAF-3) to provide for the equitable distribution of the proceeds of the proposed settlements.
Approval of this Resolution authorizes the County Manager and County Attorney to execute all documents necessary to enter into the proposed settlements with the Settling Defendants, to execute the SAAF-3, and to provide such documents to Rubris, the Implementation Administrator.
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ATTACHMENTS
Resolution