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Boots owner pays $500m settlement to New Mexico over claims it helped fuel opioid addiction in the state

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New Mexico's lawsuit against Walgreens was one of more than 3,300 filed by state and local governments accusing pharmacies and distributors of ignoring red flags that opioids were being diverted to the black market

The holding company which owns Boots has agreed to pay $500m to New Mexico to settle claims its pharmacies helped fuel opioid addiction, lawyers for the state have said.

The settlement, the largest obtained by New Mexico against a single company over opioids, came after a non-jury trial last year in the state's lawsuit against the company. The judge overseeing that trial had not yet ruled on the state's claims that Walgreen Boots Alliance fuelled opioid addiction by failing to stop illegal pill sales.

Mark Pifko, a lawyer for the state, has said in a statement:"We are confident that this record settlement positions NewNew Mexico has now settled all of its major opioid-related lawsuits, recovering more than $1bn including Friday's deal, Mr Pifko said.The American-British-Swiss holding company headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, owns the retail pharmacy chains Walgreens in the US and Boots in the UK.

 

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