The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma have agreed to pay a $7.4 billion settlement to end federal court claims filed by attorneys general on behalf of 15 states.

Everything in my life is shaped by a company that put profits over human lives,” one woman who became addicted to OxyContin said.

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, the attorneys general from several states announced Thursday.