After opting out of Teva’s $4.25 billion national opioid settlement last year, the city of Baltimore has secured its own payout through a settlement deal worth $80 million. | The city scored its own deal after opting not to join in on Teva's $4.

The City of Baltimore has reached an $80 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals over the company's role in the city's opioid crisis, officials announced Monday.

Major drug company Teva will pay City $80 million to settle claims that it helped fuel the city's opioid crisis. sued "Big Pharma" - multiple major manufacturers and distributors of pharmaceuticals - and claimed that the companies took part in "fraudulent and reckless marketing of opioids.