BALTIMORE — Mayor Brandon Scott confirmed Thursday that Baltimore City has accepted a slashed settlement amount in its litigation against opioid distributors McKesson and Cencora, formerly known as AmerisourceBergen.

A jury had awarded $266 million last fall which a judge later slashed to just a fraction calling it "excessive."

The City now adds $152.3 million to the funds it has earned in challenging Big Pharma companies over their role in the opioid epidemic and its impacts on Baltimore.

“From the beginning, this case has always been about securing justice for Baltimoreans who have been disproportionately impacted by the opioid crisis," Mayor Scott said." "Today’s decision is an affirmation of these companies’ liability, and the fulfillment of a promise kept to our residents.

In Sept

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