Billion-dollar settlment gets Reckitt out of federal opioid probes

British consumer drug company Reckitt Benckiser said it will pay up to $1.4 billion to settle all federal investigations related to the marketing of the opioid-dependence product Suboxone film by former subsidiary Indivior. The company denies all wrongdoing but said settling will avoid the "costs, uncertainty and distraction" of continued legal action.