BOSTON, July 19 (Reuters) - U.S. state attorneys general and lawyers for local governments are expected on Wednesday to unveil a landmark, $26 billion settlement resolving claims that the three largest U.S. drug distributors and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson helped fuel a nationwide opioid epidemic, a person familiar with the matter said.
Under the settlement proposal, distributors McKesson Corp
, Cardinal Health Inc and AmerisourceBergen Corp
are expected to pay a combined $21 billion, while Johnson & Johnson would pay $5 billion.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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