AG Madigan reaches $4.5M settlement in opioid marketing case

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has reached a $4.5 million settlement with an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company that her office sued for deceptive marketing of an opioid drug meant for cancer patients.

Madigan said Friday Insys Therapeutics Inc. "pushed a highly addictive opioid in complete disregard for patients' ...