Drug companies reach settlement as opioid trial set to begin
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CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Four drug companies reached a last-minute legal settlement over their role in the opioid addiction epidemic just as a nine-week trial was scheduled to start in Cleveland, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.Drug distributors AmerisourceBergen Corp , Cardinal Health Inc and McKesson Corp and Israel-based drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd will announce the settlement on Monday, according to the report.It was unclear if the fifth defendant, pharmacy chain..