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 to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller,

The pharmaceutical company's owners have agreed to pay US7.4 billion ($11.7 billion) and relinquish ownership of the company.

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