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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
211071
Name:
Settlement of Lawsuit - AmerisourceBergen Corp.,
Cardinal Health, Inc., and McKesson Corp. - City to
Receive $27 Million to $50 Million Over 18 Years
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
10/19/2021
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
10/19/2021
11/19/2021
Enactment date:
11/19/2021
211-21
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance authorizing the partial settlement of the lawsuit filed on behalf of the City and County of
San Francisco and the People of the State of California against three large distributors of prescription
opioids (AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., and McKesson Corporation) for
abatement funds in the range of $27 million to $50 million to be paid over 18 years; 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 AmerisourceBergen Corporation,
Cardinal Health, Inc., and McKesson Corporation created a public nuisance and violated the Unfair
Competition Law and the False Advertising Laws by 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.
Sponsors:
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Board Pkt 110221, 3. Board Pkt 110921, 4. Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
10/8/2021
1
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
10/19/2021
1
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
11/2/2021
1
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
11/9/2021
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
11/19/2021
1