· purdue pharma and the members of the sackler family who own the company agreed in principle to pay a $7. 4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits over their alleged role in the opioid. Will purdue pharma settle thousands of opioid lawsuits? · members of the family who own oxycontin maker purdue pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7. 4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription. · members of the sackler family who own oxycontin maker purdue pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, in a new deal formally approved. · several states have reached a $7 billion settlement with purdue pharma based on the sackler family s role in creating the opioid crisis, new york attorney general letitia james announced. What does the sacklers settlement mean for purdue? Did the supreme court overturn the purdue pharma-sackler bankruptcy plan? States and territories How much did purdue pharma pay the sackler family? · members of the sackler family who own oxycontin maker purdue pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, in a new deal formally approved by a federal bankruptcy judge on tuesday. The sacklers must contribute up to $7 billion over 15 years. · members of the sackler family who own oxycontin maker purdue pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, in a new deal formally approved by a federal bankruptcy judge. · a new $7. 4 billion opioid settlement for purdue pharma and the sackler family has been approved by all u. s.